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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

scope [skəup]
  1. 1. noun [u] scope (for sth/to do sth) (opportunity,potential) (某事/做某事的)余地
  2. 2. noun [s] (range) 范围
    there is plenty of scope for improvement
    [BRIT] 还有很大的改进余地

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

scope [skəʊp]
  1. 1. n.[u] 范围区域
  2. 2. n.[c] 背景大环境
  3. 3. n.[c] 望远镜
  4. 4. n.[c] [Physics] 示波器
  5. 5. n.[u] 视界眼界
  6. 6. n.[u] 机会余地

Collins English-English Dictionary

scope [skəυp]
  1. 1. n opportunity for exercising the faculties or abilities; capacity for action
    plenty of scope for improvement
  2. 2. n range of view, perception, or grasp; outlook
  3. 3. n the area covered by an activity, topic, etc; range
    the scope of his thesis was vast
  4. 4. n [nautical] slack left in an anchor cable
  5. 5. n [logic] [linguistics] that part of an expression that is governed by a given operator: the scope of the negation in PV--(qr) is --(qr)
  6. 6. n short for telescope microscope oscilloscope
  7. 7. n [Spoken] [Archaic] purpose or aim
  8. 8. vt. [tr] [Spoken] to look at or examine carefully
  9. 9. vt. See also scope out
  10. 10. vt. [Etymology] C16: from Italian scopo goal, from Latin scopus, from Greek skopos target; related to Greek skopein to watch

Examples

a problem beyond his scope
他所理解不了的问题
We should clearly define the scope of our research.
我们应该明确规定我们的研究范围。
Your scope of knowledge in chemistry helped you get the teaching position in the school.
你的化学知识使你得到了学校的教学职位。
The business scope of the company has expanded to steel and oil.
公司的营业范围已经扩展到了钢铁和石油。
The scope for share prices to rise further looks limited.
股票价格进一步上升的空间看来是有限的。
You can even pick off enemies from a distance with a scope rifle.
你甚至可以用狙击枪在远处射击敌人。
In each list they will be reduced in scope.
在每张目录下,它们的范围都会被减少。
the scope of his thesis was vast

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