compass

['kʌmpəs]

n.圆规, 指南针, 范围
vt.达到, 围绕, 图谋

例句与用法：

A compass needle points (to the) north.

罗盘的指针永远指向北方。

South is opposite north on a compass.

罗盘上南与北是相对的。

The compass is an instrument of navigation.

罗盘是航行仪器。

Nearly two thousand years have passed since our ancestors invented the compass.

自从我们的祖先发明指南针以来，将近两千年过去了。

If you haven't a compass, use the stars to guide you.

倘若没有指南针，可利用星辰引路。

Finance is not within the compass of our department.

财政不在我们这个部门的管辖范围之内。

Now we begin to draw a circle with compasses.

现在我们开始用圆规画一个圆。

词形变化：

形容词: compassable | 动词过去式: compassed | 动词过去分词: compassed | 动词现在分词: compassing | 动词第三人称单数: compasses |

详细释义：

n.

1. 罗盘, 指南针[C]

The compass was first used in sailing.

罗盘首先用在航海上。

2. (制图用的)圆规[P1]

3. 范围, 界线; 周围, 界线[C][S1]

Such things aren't within the compass of my power.

这些事不在我力可能及的范围之内。

Her actions went beyond the compass of proper social behavior.

她的举动越出了正当的社交行为的范围。

4. 【音】音域

vt.

1. 图谋, 计划

2. 围绕……而行, 包围

3. 达到, 获得

He did everything within his power to compass his ends.

他竭尽全力以求达到目的。

4. 理解, 领会