circumscribes

Licensing circumscribes freedom of expression and undermines the public's right to receive information from diverse sources.

实行执照制度束缚言论自由，并有损公众从多种来源获取信息的权利。

Government licensing both determines who may be a journalist and circumscribes the parameters of acceptable reporting and commentary.

政府发照既决定着谁可以成为新闻记者，又在给报道和评论的可接受与否划线。

However, the rule itself says nothing about the domain or scope that circumscribes the application of tone sandhi.

尽管如此，规则本身并没有谈到变调应用的辖域或范围是怎样的。

Something, such as a limit or restriction, that circumscribes.

限度，限制用来限制包围的东西，如界限或约束。