Word familynounspheresphericalitysphericalnessspheristerionspherocytespherocytosisspheroidspheroidicityspheroidizationspherometerspherulespheruliteadjectivesphericalspheralspheredspherelessspherelikesphericspheroidalspherularspheruliticspheryadverbsphericallyverbspheroidize
2AREA OF KNOWLEDGE, DUTIES, STUDY ETCa particular area of activity, work, knowledge etc 〔活动、工作、知识等的〕范围,领域
in the ... sphere
television’s increasing role in the political sphere
电视在政治领域中越来越重要的作用
public/private sphere
Women have often been excluded from positions of power in the public sphere.
女性常常被排除在公共领域的实权职位之外。
3.somebody’s/something’s sphere of influencePGa person’s, country’s, organization’s etc sphere of influence is the area where they have power to change things 某人/某事物的势力范围,某人/某事物的影响所及的范围
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a particular area of activity, work, knowledge etc
adjectives
the public sphere (=public positions and activities)
Men still controlled the public sphere.
the private sphere
After the war, women refused to return quietly to the private sphere.
the political sphere
Unions became more active in the political sphere.
the economic sphere
Will the reform programme be extended beyond the economic sphere?
the domestic sphere
More women started to be trained for tasks outside the domestic sphere.
the social sphere
The following chapter considers the influence of factors in the wider social sphere.
public/private sphere• In many respects it seemed that feministaims regarding women's rights in the public sphere had been achieved.• In the public sphere, women must assumesufficient power to change the culturalimagery and the political landscape.• Women used their supposedly greater spirituality as a further justification for transcending the confines of the private sphere.• The cultural move from an autonomous and independentsculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popularculture.• They were seen instead as being naturally subject to their husbands and necessarily confined to the private sphere.• Without undervaluing the private sphere itself, we can still say that this arrangement works to the advantage of men.• The public sphere can not be left entirely to the private marketplace.
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wider更廣的領域◇He wanted to spread his ideas to a wider sphere than the school.他想把自己的觀點傳播到學校以外。➤separate分離的領域◇In the novel, men and women enjoy separate spheres of action.在這部小說裏,男人和女人喜歡完全不同的行為。➤academic, cultural, domestic, economic, financial, military, political, social學術/文化/國內/經濟/財政/軍事/政治/社會領域◇His work is little known outside the academic sphere.他的成果在學術界以外鮮為人知。➤private, public私人/公共領域PREPOSITION➤in sb's/the sphere, within sb's/the sphere在⋯範圍內◇The region is within the Russian sphere of influence.這一地區在俄羅斯的勢力範圍內。➤outside sb's/the sphere在⋯的範圍之外◇The matter is outside my sphere of responsibility.這件事不歸我負責。➤sphere of⋯的範圍PHRASES➤a sphere of activity活動範圍▸➤a sphere of influence影響範圍▸➤a sphere of life生活圈子