the opportunity or ability to do or achieve something （做或實現某事的）機會，能力 - scope for something
There's still plenty of scope for improvement. 還有很大的改進餘地。 Her job offers very little scope for promotion. 幹着那樣的工作，她幾乎沒有機會得到提拔。 - scope (for somebody) (to do something)
The extra money will give us the scope to improve our facilities. 有了這筆額外資金，我們就能把設備加以改進了。 - within somebody's scope
First try to do something that is within your scope. 你先試着做一件自己力所能及的事。
Extra ExamplesThere is limited scope for creativity in my job. 我的工作發揮創造力的空間有限。 These courses give students more scope for developing their own ideas. 這些課程給學生提供了更多機會來完善自己的想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- ample
- considerable
- …
- have
- allow (somebody)
- give somebody
- …
- scope for
- scope for something
the range of things that a subject, an organization, an activity, etc. deals with （題目、組織、活動等的）範圍 The police are broadening the scope of their investigation. 警方正在擴大調查的範圍。 - in scope
Our powers are limited in scope. 我們的權限不大。 - beyond the scope of something
This subject lies beyond the scope of our investigation. 這一問題超出了我們的調查範圍。 - outside the scope of something
These issues were outside the scope of the article. 這些問題不屬本文論述範圍。
Extra ExamplesThis is a novel of epic scope and grand passions. 這部小說場面宏大，氣勢磅礴。 These disputes fall within the scope of the local courts. 處理這些糾紛屬於地方法院的職權範圍。 These criteria were used to determine the scope of the curriculum. 這些標準用以確定課程範圍。 The survey is too limited in (its) scope. 調查的範圍太窄了。 The sheer scope of the project was impressive. 項目的宏大規模令人驚歎。 The scope of the exhibition is disappointingly narrow. 展品的範圍很窄，令人失望。 The geographical scope of product markets has widened since the war. 戰後産品市場的地理範圍擴大了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- epic
- …
- broaden
- enlarge
- expand
- …
- broaden
- expand
- extend
- …
- beyond the scope of
- outside the scope of
- in (something’s) scope
- …
- -scope
(in nouns 構成名詞 an instrument for looking through or watching something with …鏡（觀察儀器） microscope 顯微鏡 telescope 望遠鏡
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘target for shooting at’): from Italian scopo ‘aim’, from Greek skopos ‘target’, from skeptesthai ‘look out’. noun sense 3 early 17th cent. from modern Latin -scopium, from Greek skopein ‘look at’. The verb dates from the 1970s.