bailiwick的意思

bailiwick

英式音标['belə,wɪk]
美式英标['beɪlɪwɪk]

基本解释

n. 范围；执行官之职

英文词源

bailiwick (n.): "district of a bailiff," early 15c., baillifwik, from bailiff (q.v.) + Middle English form of Old English wic "village" (see wick (n.2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.

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