sphere
英 [sfɪə(r)] 美 [sfɪr]

n.

球（体）；（兴趣或活动的）范围；势力范围；天体，如行星或恒星

vt.

形成球体；包围，围绕；置于球面内部；

变形

复数：spheres过去式：sphered过去分词：sphered现在分词：sphering第三人称单数：spheres

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C] 球(体) a round shape in space; ball-shaped mass; solid figure all points of which are equally distant from a center
2. [C] (兴趣或活动的)范围,领域 an area or range of interest or activity

英英释义

sphere[ sfiə ]

• n.
  • a particular environment or walk of life

    "his social sphere is limited"

    同义词：domainareaorbitfieldarena

  • any spherically shaped artifact
  • the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

    同义词：sphere of influence

  • a particular aspect of life or activity

    同义词：sector

  • a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
  • a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
  • the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

    同义词：celestial sphereempyreanfirmamentheavensvault of heavenwelkin

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• enlarge〔increase〕 one's sphere扩大…范围

形容词+～

• perfect sphere完全的球体
• wide sphere范围很广

介词+～

• in〔within〕 one's sphere of在…范围内

～+介词

• the sphere of broadcasting广播界
• the sphere of influence影响范围

同近义词辨析

field, territory, province, domain, sphere

这组词都有“范围，领域”的意思，其区别是：

field主要指经选定在一段时间内作专题研究的方面或领域，含夸张意味。

territory指科学知识、活动等的领域或范围。

province即可指科学、艺术、学问的领域或范围，又可指个人或机关职权的管辖范围。

domain指知识艺术、兴趣或人类活动的领域。

sphere指有明显分界线的范围或领域，强调彼此不会干扰、跨越，各不相关。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. It belongs to the ideological sphere.
   这属于意识形态范围。
2. The scientist is distinguished in many spheres of knowledge.
   这位科学家在许多知识领域中都是杰出的。
3. Suddenly, out in the night sky, a bright sphere flashed into view.
   突然，外面的夜空上有一个闪光的球映入眼帘。
4. The earth is an oblate sphere.
   地球是一扁圆球体。
5. The earth, sun and moon are spheres.
   地球、太阳和月亮都是天体。

权威例句

Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups
Dispersion on a sphere
Dispersion on a Sphere
Sphere packings, lattices, and groups /
Dispersion on the sphere
The lift on a small sphere in a slow shear flow
Phase Transition for a Hard Sphere System
Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy
Stimuli‐Responsive Controlled Drug Release from a Hollow Mesoporous Silica Sphere/Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Core–Shell Structure
HEALPix -- a Framework for High Resolution Discretization, and Fast Analysis of Data Distributed on the Sphere