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单词 ambit
释义
ambitam‧bit /ˈæmbɪt/ noun [singular] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINambit
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin ambitus, from the past participle of ambire; AMBIENT
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I recollect having urged Wigg on many occasions to limit the ambit of the Profumo affair.
  • Justice entailed bringing all relations within the ambit of divine order.
  • Restaurants, cafes and public houses are outside the ambit of that class of use and planning permission is therefore required.
  • The ambit of this appears very wide.
  • The ambit of this discretion will now be reviewed in more detail.
  • The first class is of wider ambit than the second and exists only during the period of employment.
  • The Government is proposing to bring the majority of these buildings within the ambit of local authority control.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 areas falling within the ambit of our research
the range or limit of someone’s authority, influence etcremitfall within the ambit of something areas falling within the ambit of our research
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