circumscribe

1. V-T If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted. 限制[正式]

The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed. 軍方明顯擔(dān)心，在他的管轄下，各種活動都將受到嚴(yán)格限制。

There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others. 限制公民對他人造成人身傷害的規(guī)定是有法可依的。