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单词 purview
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Definition of purview in English:

purview

noun ˈpəːvjuːˈpərˌvju
formal
  • 1The scope of the influence or concerns of something.

    such a case might be within the purview of the legislation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So whether it's done in Guantanamo or somewhere else, it needs to be done and it should be under the purview of the Pentagon with oversight from outside.
    • It seems to me that this action is inappropriate and not within the purview of the school's obligations and responsibility.
    • If Westminster MPs only talked about issues that fell within the legal purview of the House of Commons they would have some extraordinarily truncated discussions.
    • One system did not handle what fell within the purview of the other.
    • But I don't think it's within the purview of the commission to get into that.
    • Clearly, regulation of the truthfulness of such statements is properly within the purview of government regulation.
    • It is not within the purview of the legal system to help us grieve.
    • Tours are typically arranged between the boards of the countries involved and do not really come under its purview, except perhaps as a facilitator.
    • Whatever additional value they may have as companions, from this perspective, is beyond the purview of the law to address.
    • It was not pressed with any force by Mr Blades, and is not within the purview of Boyd's leave to appeal granted by us.
    • Important spheres of local public life fell outside of the purview of most scholarly narratives.
    • The selection of people to be placed under observation is entirely within the purview of the investigating police officers.
    • That is why we view with concern a proposal to partially exempt NSW politicians from the purview of the state's anti-corruption watchdog.
    • We're not focused on cancer, teeth, or anything that is specifically within the purview of a sister institute.
    • Why would it not be within the purview of trade policy to say, yes, we're going to make a determination about what kind of country we want this to be.
    • Every human action takes place within the purview of moral judgment.
    • Once he does that, their behaviours no longer fall under the purview of evolutionary theory, as it is not generally concerned with pathology.
    • As far as the question of double-dipping is concerned, that is within the purview of the Minister to answer, and the Minister can comment on that part.
    • The question of awards and damages should be the purview of state legislators.
    • The curious thing, in the setting of the Regulations Review Committee, is that not all subordinate legislation is within the purview of the committee.
    Synonyms
    range of experience, outlook, perspective, scope, perception, compass, sphere, ambit, orbit
    1. 1.1 Range of experience or thought.
      social taboos meant that little information was likely to come within the purview of women generally
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a result of these developments, the number of countries within the purview of the IMF increased once again, so that by 2002 it had 183 member states.
      • Only the state of the sanity of the defendant's mind mattered, and that was the purview of men with education and experience.
      • In general, the quest for sexual fulfillment lay within the purview of men, from whom vigorous sexual activity was anticipated as soon as maturity had been attained.
      • Consequently, the detailed composition of clinical work is regarded as something that lies solely within the purview of the clinicians immediately involved.
      • One is that ‘every human action takes place within the purview of moral judgment.’
      • Calving percentage, clearly a variable within the purview of management, was the only variable significant in all three models.
      • The film points out that these novels were written by a man who had never been to America, and links Hitler to him as also a man who had no experience of cultures outside his purview.
      • Now we're getting people who are reviewing up to a dozen applications, not in their area of speciality but in, what you might say, their wider purview of experience.
      • In Australia, both roles remain within the nursing purview.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purveu 'foreseen', past participle of purveier (see purvey). Early use was as a legal term specifying the body of a statute following the words ‘be it enacted …’.

 
 

Definition of purview in US English:

purview

nounˈpərˌvyo͞oˈpərˌvju
formal
  • 1The scope of the influence or concerns of something.

    such a case might be within the purview of the legislation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once he does that, their behaviours no longer fall under the purview of evolutionary theory, as it is not generally concerned with pathology.
    • The question of awards and damages should be the purview of state legislators.
    • We're not focused on cancer, teeth, or anything that is specifically within the purview of a sister institute.
    • Every human action takes place within the purview of moral judgment.
    • The curious thing, in the setting of the Regulations Review Committee, is that not all subordinate legislation is within the purview of the committee.
    • That is why we view with concern a proposal to partially exempt NSW politicians from the purview of the state's anti-corruption watchdog.
    • If Westminster MPs only talked about issues that fell within the legal purview of the House of Commons they would have some extraordinarily truncated discussions.
    • It seems to me that this action is inappropriate and not within the purview of the school's obligations and responsibility.
    • Important spheres of local public life fell outside of the purview of most scholarly narratives.
    • The selection of people to be placed under observation is entirely within the purview of the investigating police officers.
    • Tours are typically arranged between the boards of the countries involved and do not really come under its purview, except perhaps as a facilitator.
    • One system did not handle what fell within the purview of the other.
    • Why would it not be within the purview of trade policy to say, yes, we're going to make a determination about what kind of country we want this to be.
    • It was not pressed with any force by Mr Blades, and is not within the purview of Boyd's leave to appeal granted by us.
    • As far as the question of double-dipping is concerned, that is within the purview of the Minister to answer, and the Minister can comment on that part.
    • So whether it's done in Guantanamo or somewhere else, it needs to be done and it should be under the purview of the Pentagon with oversight from outside.
    • Clearly, regulation of the truthfulness of such statements is properly within the purview of government regulation.
    • Whatever additional value they may have as companions, from this perspective, is beyond the purview of the law to address.
    • But I don't think it's within the purview of the commission to get into that.
    • It is not within the purview of the legal system to help us grieve.
    Synonyms
    range of experience, outlook, perspective, scope, perception, compass, sphere, ambit, orbit
    1. 1.1 Range of experience or thought.
      social taboos meant that little information was likely to come within the purview of women generally
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Consequently, the detailed composition of clinical work is regarded as something that lies solely within the purview of the clinicians immediately involved.
      • Only the state of the sanity of the defendant's mind mattered, and that was the purview of men with education and experience.
      • Calving percentage, clearly a variable within the purview of management, was the only variable significant in all three models.
      • One is that ‘every human action takes place within the purview of moral judgment.’
      • In Australia, both roles remain within the nursing purview.
      • The film points out that these novels were written by a man who had never been to America, and links Hitler to him as also a man who had no experience of cultures outside his purview.
      • As a result of these developments, the number of countries within the purview of the IMF increased once again, so that by 2002 it had 183 member states.
      • In general, the quest for sexual fulfillment lay within the purview of men, from whom vigorous sexual activity was anticipated as soon as maturity had been attained.
      • Now we're getting people who are reviewing up to a dozen applications, not in their area of speciality but in, what you might say, their wider purview of experience.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purveu ‘foreseen’, past participle of purveier (see purvey). Early use was as a legal term specifying the body of a statute following the words ‘be it enacted …’.

 
 
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