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The question is whether a majority of Canadians want that—or whether they are perfectly happy with their circumscribed government.
问题在于加拿大的大多数人是否希望这样——或者他们是否对他们限制多多的政府感到开心。
He is right that American power is circumscribed. But the European Union is not fit to help him police the world (see article). China, India and Russia are not willing.
他说的没错，美国的力量被限制了，但在维持世界秩序上，欧盟不适合帮忙，印度、中国和俄罗斯则不愿意帮忙。
And while I may speak more about the narrowness of my very circumscribed life than their real worth, just the fact that they're sitting there, waiting for me, makes me happy.
也许我更经常提到自己那比其实际价值更加狭隘的局限生活，仅仅看着它们坐在那儿，等待着我，我就感到幸福不已。

And I think it's impossible not to see that when Milton substitutes the virtue charity with the far more circumscribed ideal of chastity.
而我认为当弥尔顿把更加局限的贞操去代替局限的仁爱时,这不可能读不出来,虽然贞洁更加局限。
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Citizens of the world can have their rights circumscribed or even eliminated without their consent.
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On the contrary, there is an essential—but carefully circumscribed—role for the state in fostering innovation.
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Digital displays in adjoining spaces flashed consecutive numbers, adumbrating our time on earth is circumscribed.
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