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bailiwick

英['beɪlɪwɪk] 美['belə,wɪk]
  • n. 范围;执行官之职

英文词源


bailiwick (n.)
"district of a bailiff," early 15c., baillifwik, from bailiff (q.v.) + Middle English form of Old English wic "village" (see wick (n.2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.