the opportunity or ability to do or achieve something （做或实现某事的）机会，能力 - scope for something
There's still plenty of scope for improvement. 还有很大的改进余地。 Her job offers very little scope for promotion. 干着那样的工作，她几乎没有机会得到提拔。 - scope (for somebody) (to do something)
The extra money will give us the scope to improve our facilities. 有了这笔额外资金，我们就能把设备加以改进了。 - within somebody's scope
First try to do something that is within your scope. 你先试着做一件自己力所能及的事。
Extra ExamplesThere is limited scope for creativity in my job. 我的工作发挥创造力的空间有限。 These courses give students more scope for developing their own ideas. 这些课程给学生提供了更多机会来完善自己的想法。
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 （题目、组织、活动等的）范围 The police are broadening the scope of their investigation. 警方正在扩大调查的范围。 - in scope
Our powers are limited in scope. 我们的权限不大。 - beyond the scope of something
This subject lies beyond the scope of our investigation. 这一问题超出了我们的调查范围。 - outside the scope of something
These issues were outside the scope of the article. 这些问题不属本文论述范围。
Extra ExamplesThis is a novel of epic scope and grand passions. 这部小说场面宏大，气势磅礴。 These disputes fall within the scope of the local courts. 处理这些纠纷属于地方法院的职权范围。 These criteria were used to determine the scope of the curriculum. 这些标准用以确定课程范围。 The survey is too limited in (its) scope. 调查的范围太窄了。 The sheer scope of the project was impressive. 项目的宏大规模令人惊叹。 The scope of the exhibition is disappointingly narrow. 展品的范围很窄，令人失望。 The geographical scope of product markets has widened since the war. 战后产品市场的地理范围扩大了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- epic
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- broaden
- enlarge
- expand
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- broaden
- expand
- extend
- …
- beyond the scope of
- outside the scope of
- in (something’s) scope
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- -scope
(in nouns 构成名词 an instrument for looking through or watching something with …镜（观察仪器） microscope 显微镜 telescope 望远镜
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.