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Definition of bailiwick in English: bailiwicknoun ˈbeɪlɪwɪkˈbeɪləˌwɪk 1one's bailiwickOne's sphere of operations or area of interest. 〈非正式〉经营范围；兴趣范围 after the war, the Middle East remained his bailiwick Example sentencesExamples - Here her analysis is most surefooted as she discusses late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century fiction, Benedict's professional bailiwick.
- Thus, it doesn't really monkey with the states' authority after all; it only makes sure they stay in their traditional bailiwick.
- Education is going to be your bailiwick for us, and then we're going to ask about that and a lot of other things.
- And it has done so even in areas where the crime at issue seems to be a crime that falls squarely into the state's bailiwick - and does not affect federal interests at all.
- And she's looking at a couple of other projects, but that's kind of out of my bailiwick, if you will.
Synonyms area, sphere, area of activity, discipline, province, department, domain, sector, line, branch, subject, speciality, specialty, specialization, specialism 2Law
The district or jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff. 〔律〕市政官（或郡副司法长官）的辖区（或权限） the warden had the right to arrest all poachers found within his bailiwick Example sentencesExamples - The queen appoints a lieutenant-governor as her representative in the two bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey.
- They are still causing mayhem in their southern bailiwick.
- Will decentralization really bring politics closer to the people, or will we be returning to a bunch of little bailiwicks?
- Their organization was strictly hierarchical, into priorates, then bailiwicks and lastly commanderies.
- With very few exceptions, they easily agreed that what was going on in their bailiwicks was incomparable and required a different approach.
OriginLate Middle English: from bailie + wick2. Definition of bailiwick in US English: bailiwicknounˈbeɪləˌwɪkˈbāləˌwik 1one's bailiwickOne's sphere of operations or particular area of interest. 〈非正式〉经营范围；兴趣范围 you never give the presentations—that's my bailiwick Example sentencesExamples - Here her analysis is most surefooted as she discusses late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century fiction, Benedict's professional bailiwick.
- And it has done so even in areas where the crime at issue seems to be a crime that falls squarely into the state's bailiwick - and does not affect federal interests at all.
- Thus, it doesn't really monkey with the states' authority after all; it only makes sure they stay in their traditional bailiwick.
- And she's looking at a couple of other projects, but that's kind of out of my bailiwick, if you will.
- Education is going to be your bailiwick for us, and then we're going to ask about that and a lot of other things.
Synonyms area, sphere, area of activity, discipline, province, department, domain, sector, line, branch, subject, speciality, specialty, specialization, specialism 2Law
The district or jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff. 〔律〕市政官（或郡副司法长官）的辖区（或权限） Example sentencesExamples - The queen appoints a lieutenant-governor as her representative in the two bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey.
- They are still causing mayhem in their southern bailiwick.
- Will decentralization really bring politics closer to the people, or will we be returning to a bunch of little bailiwicks?
- With very few exceptions, they easily agreed that what was going on in their bailiwicks was incomparable and required a different approach.
- Their organization was strictly hierarchical, into priorates, then bailiwicks and lastly commanderies.
OriginLate Middle English: from bailie + wick. |