purview
/ˈpɜːvjuː/noun
in sing.
1- the scope of the influence or concerns of something(事物影响或涉及的)范围; 权限:
such a case might be within the purview of the legislation.
这种情况或许是立法范围以内的事。
1.1
- a range of experience or thought(经验或思想的)范围; 眼界, 视野:
social taboos meant that little information was likely to come within the purview of women generally.
种种社会禁忌意味着信息通常很少能进入妇女的视野之内。
词源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purveu 'foreseen', past participle of purveier (see PURVEY). Early use was as a legal term specifying the body of a statute following the words 'be it enacted ...'.