英语词汇“ambit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An ambit is the area or range that someone controls or affects. The kid who's voted president of her sixth grade class is going to be thrilled, despite her relatively small ambit.

The origins of ambit go back to the Latin word for "going about or going round," ambitus, and for a time, ambit literally meant "the area surrounding a building." Today, the range of a person or group's power is their ambit. For example, if a crime is committed on a college campus, the town police won't investigate if they decide that it's the ambit of the college police, or under their jurisdiction.

WORD FAMILY

ambit: ambits

USAGE EXAMPLES

The "black economy" could account for about a fifth of India's GDP, according to investment firm Ambit.

BBC(Nov 13, 2016)

Transactions that take place outside formal channels amounts to around 20 percent of India's annual $2 trillion gross domestic product, according to investment firm Ambit.

Reuters(Nov 11, 2016)

TripAdvisor has a slightly different problem: Its ambit is so broad that its recommendations have come to represent a safe median, a poll of polls.

New York Times(Aug 23, 2016)

n an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

the ambit of municipal legislation

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

compass, orbit, range, reach, scope

approximate range, ballpark

near to the scope or range of something

confines

a bounded scope

contrast

the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)

internationalism, internationality

quality of being international in scope

latitude

scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction

horizon, purview, view

the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

expanse, sweep

a wide scope

gamut

a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"

spectrum

a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

palette, pallet

the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

extent

the distance or area or volume over which something extends

单词	ambit
释义	ambit (once / 102777 pages) n An ambit is the area or range that someone controls or affects. The kid who's voted president of her sixth grade class is going to be thrilled, despite her relatively small ambit. The origins of ambit go back to the Latin word for "going about or going round," ambitus, and for a time, ambit literally meant "the area surrounding a building." Today, the range of a person or group's power is their ambit. For example, if a crime is committed on a college campus, the town police won't investigate if they decide that it's the ambit of the college police, or under their jurisdiction. WORD FAMILY ambit: ambits USAGE EXAMPLES The "black economy" could account for about a fifth of India's GDP, according to investment firm Ambit. BBC(Nov 13, 2016) Transactions that take place outside formal channels amounts to around 20 percent of India's annual $2 trillion gross domestic product, according to investment firm Ambit. Reuters(Nov 11, 2016) TripAdvisor has a slightly different problem: Its ambit is so broad that its recommendations have come to represent a safe median, a poll of polls. New York Times(Aug 23, 2016) n an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" the ambit of municipal legislation Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper compass, orbit, range, reach, scope approximate range, ballpark near to the scope or range of something confines a bounded scope contrast the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) internationalism, internationality quality of being international in scope latitude scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction horizon, purview, view the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated expanse, sweep a wide scope gamut a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" spectrum a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities palette, pallet the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art extent the distance or area or volume over which something extends
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