compassing

compassing

['kʌmpəs]

[ compassing ]

n.圆规, 指南针, 范围
vt.达到, 围绕, 图谋

例句与用法：

A compass needle points (to the) north.

罗盘的指针永远指向北方。

South is opposite north on a compass.

罗盘上南与北是相对的。

The compass is an instrument of navigation.

罗盘是航行仪器。

Nearly two thousand years have passed since our ancestors invented the compass.

自从我们的祖先发明指南针以来，将近两千年过去了。

If you haven't a compass, use the stars to guide you.

倘若没有指南针，可利用星辰引路。

Finance is not within the compass of our department.

财政不在我们这个部门的管辖范围之内。

Now we begin to draw a circle with compasses.

现在我们开始用圆规画一个圆。

词形变化：

形容词: compassable | 动词过去式: compassed | 动词过去分词: compassed | 动词现在分词: compassing | 动词第三人称单数: compasses |