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ambit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++am·bit /ˈæmbɪt/ noun [singular] formal  LIMITthe range or limit of someone’s authority, influence etc 〔权力、影响等的〕界限,范围 remitfall within the ambit of something areas falling within the ambit of our research 属于我们研究范围的领域
Examples from the Corpus
ambitI recollect having urged Wigg on many occasions to limit the ambit of the Profumo affair.Restaurants, cafes and public houses are outside the ambit of that class of use and planning permission is therefore required.The Government is proposing to bring the majority of these buildings within the ambit of local authority control.Justice entailed bringing all relations within the ambit of divine order.The ambit of this appears very wide.The ambit of this discretion will now be reviewed in more detail.The first class is of wider ambit than the second and exists only during the period of employment.
Origin ambit (1500-1600) Latin ambitus, from the past participle of ambire; → AMBIENT
am·bit nounChineseSyllable
influence the etc Corpus limit range authority, of or someone’s


ambit
ambit /ˈæmbət, ˈæmbɪt/ noun [singular] formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: ambitus, from the past participle of ambire; ambient
the range or limit of someone’s authority, influence etc ⇨ remit
    fall within the ambit of something
    areas falling within the ambit of our research


ambitBrE /ˈæmbɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæmbɪt/ 🔊 noun [singular] (formal) the range of the authority or influence of sth (权力、影响的)范围,界限This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2001 act. 这件案子显然属于 2001 年法案的适用范围。🔊🔊