| 单词 | encompassing |
| 释义 | encompassing (once / 9156 pages) adj Something that's encompassing completely encloses or surrounds something else. An island, for example, sits in the midst of encompassing ocean waves. The adjective encompassing can describe things that literally encircle something, and also things that are so extensive that they seem to do so. For example, an encompassing history of World War II would include everything about the period, including the Holocaust. Encompassing comes from the verb encompass, "surround and hold within," or "include comprehensively," from the roots en-, "put in," and compass, "space or circumference." WORD FAMILYencompassing: encompassingly+/compass: compassed, compasses, compassing, encompass/encompass: encompassed, encompasses, encompassing, encompassment/encompassment: encompassments USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the Assad regime holds large territory encompassing major population centers of western Syria, there is no contiguity between that territory and Iraq. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) “I always thought liberals were all encompassing and conservatives discriminating. This restaurant is an example of reverse discrimination or hypocritical discrimination.” Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) The National Defense Authorization Act, a year-end policy bill encompassing virtually every aspect of the U.S. military, contained two provisions with potentially momentous consequences. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj closely encircling encompassing mountain ranges Syn circumferent, surrounding close at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other 2adj broad in scope or content Syn across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide comprehensive including all or everything |
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