1. 1包含、涵蓋(範圍廣泛地包括多項事物);(literal)環繞、包圍

    To include a wide range of things within one plan, idea, or subject - a new curriculum might 'encompass' science, art, and history all at once. It can also be used literally, meaning to surround something completely, like a valley 'encompassed' by mountains on every side.

core核心畫面

組成en- (to make, to put into) + compass (originally, to go around).

同家族的字

  • compassshares the root meaning to go around, as in the navigation tool or the tool for drawing circles

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

encompassverb/ɪnˈkʌmpəs/

  • 1

    To form a circle around; to encircle.

  • 2

    To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

    • his piercing inſtruments of ſight: Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:
    • Those trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]
  • 3

    To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.

    • This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
  • 4

    To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.

    • Drake encompassed the globe.

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