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

noun | verb

scopescope1 /skoʊp/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYscope¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Italian scopo purpose, from Greek skopos

COLLOCATIONS► in scope

His efforts were too limited in scope to have an effect.

► beyond/within the scope of something

A discussion of all the possible treatments is beyond the scope of this book.

► broaden/expand the scope of something

The network is trying to expand the scope of children’s TV.

► narrow/limit the scope of something

Democrats want to limit the scope of the investigation.

1the range of things that a subject, activity, book, etc. deals with: We need to define the scope of the program. His efforts were too limited in scope to have an effect.beyond/within the scope of something A discussion of all the possible treatments is beyond the scope of this book.broaden/expand the scope of something The network is trying to expand the scope of children’s TV.narrow/limit the scope of something Democrats want to limit the scope of the investigation.2the opportunity to do or develop something: scope for Is there much scope for initiative in this job?3an instrument or part of a piece of equipment used for looking at things through: a rifle scope [Origin: 1500–1600 Italian scopo purpose, from Greek skopos]

noun | verb

scopescope2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

scope

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	scope
	he, she, it	scopes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	scoped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have scoped
	he, she, it	has scoped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had scoped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will scope
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have scoped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am scoping
	he, she, it	is scoping
	you, we, they	are scoping
Past	I, he, she, it	was scoping
	you, we, they	were scoping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been scoping
	he, she, it	has been scoping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been scoping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be scoping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been scoping

scope somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb informal to look at someone or something to see what he, she, or it is like: A couple of guys were scoping out the girls.