bailiwick

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小知识

A bailiwick is an area of knowledge in which a person or institution has control or expertise — as in “My bailiwick is international relations.” There is a faintly old-fashioned, even pedantic air to the term now, so use with caution.

Bailiwick also can mean a geographical area over which someone or some body has legal or political control, though this is a less common meaning nowadays. It derives from the combination of the Old English term bailiff, meaning a local officer with certain powers, and wic, meaning a village. Britain's central criminal court, the famous Old Bailey, is so named because it lay on the ancient bailey or wall that defined the original City of London.

实用短语

1. bailiwick of guernsey

   根西行政区,行政区,根西岛,根息行政区

2. bailiwick of jersey

   共同组成泽西行政区,泽西,成泽西行政区,泽西岛

3. bailiwick of guernsey detail

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