bailiwick

英 ['beɪlɪwɪk] 美 ['belə,wɪk]
  • n. 范围；执行官之职
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英文词源

bailiwick (n.)
"district of a bailiff," early 15c., baillifwik, from bailiff (q.v.) + Middle English form of Old English wic "village" (see wick (n.2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.