realm
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++realm /relm/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 AREA OF KNOWLEDGE, DUTIES, STUDY ETC written a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought 〔知识、活动、思想的〕领域，范围 the spiritual realm 精神领域realm of an idea that belongs in the realm of science fiction 属于科幻小说领域的构思2 within the realms of possibility (also not beyond the realm(s) of possibility)POSSIBLE used, often humorously, to say that something is possible even though you think it is not very likely 可能的，在可能的范围内〔常为幽默用法〕 I suppose it’s not beyond the realms of possibility. 我认为这并非没有可能。3. literaryPG a country ruled by a king or queen 王国
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realm• It is true that mathematical laws, if they exist, must exist in a quasi-Platonic realm of pure thought.• One possible source of change lies in the political realm.• Family stories reach into even more private realms of experience to warn and instruct, however subliminally.• But they do not exist in some half-real realm, neither fully actual nor merely possible.• The fourth and final section takes leave of society to look at the realm of theory.• new discoveries in the realm of science• Word processing on the Macintosh has always bordered on the realm of page makeup and recent announcements here only serve that view.• Feminism exists outside the realm of political instrumentality, as an idea.realm of• new discoveries in the realm of scienceOrigin realm (1200-1300) Old French realme, from Latin regimen; → REGIMENrealm nounChinese
area Corpus knowledge, a thought activity, or of general
realm
realm /relm/
noun [countable]1. written a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought:
the spiritual realm
realm of
an idea that belongs in the realm of science fiction
2. within the realms of possibility (also not beyond the realm(s) of possibility) used, often humorously, to say that something is possible even though you think it is not very likely:
I suppose it’s not beyond the realms of possibility.
3. literary a country ruled by a king or queen
realm /relm/
noun [countable]1. written a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought: realm of
2. within the realms of possibility (also not beyond the realm(s) of possibility) used, often humorously, to say that something is possible even though you think it is not very likely:
3. literary a country ruled by a king or queen
