新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

scope

英  [skəʊp]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[U 不可数名词] 机会

    If there is scope for a particular kind of behaviour or activity, people have the opportunity to behave in this way or do that activity.

    双语例句

    例:

    He believed in giving his staff scope for initiative.

    他赞成给员工发挥主动性的机会。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 范围

    The scope of an activity, topic, or piece of work is the whole area which it deals with or includes.

    近义词

    scale , extent , range

    双语例句

    例:

    Mr Dobson promised to widen the organization's scope of activity.

    多布森先生答应扩大该组织的活动范围。

    例:

    the scope of a novel.

    一部小说涉及的范围。