bailiwick
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近义词： universe,obligation,department,kingdom
bailiwick词义
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n. 范围；执行官之职
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- 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.