Sphere

(noun.) any spherically shaped artifact.

(noun.) the geographical area in which one nation is very influential.

(noun.) a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center.

(noun.) a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses).

(noun.) a particular environment or walk of life; 'his social sphere is limited'; 'it was a closed area of employment'; 'he's out of my orbit'.

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• Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• With Peter the Great (1682-1725) the empire of Muscovy broke away from her Tartar traditions and entered the sphere of French attraction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The same question reappears in politics, where the useful or expedient seems to claim a larger sphere and to have a greater authority. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I shall not enlarge upon this objection, because it principally belongs to natural philosophy, which lies without our present sphere. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• This has largely transferred the sphere of action of the sewing machine from the family to the factory. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• May it not have been from such considerations that the ancient philosophers supposed a sphere of fire to exist above the air of our atmosphere? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The sphere in which she moves is much above his. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Next proceed to consider the manner in which the sphere of the intellectual is to be divided. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I feel more inclination to put you in the way of keeping yourself, and shall endeavour to do so; but observe, my sphere is narrow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You will find her particular friends in another sphere than mine: amongst the Cholmondeleys, for instance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• If you were sensible of your own good, you would not wish to quit the sphere in which you have been brought up. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• His lady-love beamed upon him from a sphere above his own: he could not come near her; he was not certain that he could win from her a look. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• You are not in your true sphere. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But the same hand which has cast the celestial spheres in space, has traced their course in the heavens, and does not allow them to wander at random to disturb and destroy each other. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• These are but typical of hundreds of men who could be named who have risen from work at the key to become recognized leaders in differing spheres of activity. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Delightful, charming, superior, first circles, spheres, lines, ranks, every thingand Mrs. Elton was wild to have the offer closed with immediately. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The astronomer predicts an eclipse, and on the minute the spheres swing into line, verifying, beyond all doubt, the correctness of the laws predicated for their movements. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Kindergarten employments are calculated to give information regarding cubes, spheres, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• There are spheres in which we may act, ample enough even for my ambition. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Then knowledge and opinion having distinct powers have also distinct spheres or subject-matters? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The scientific man and the cultured man belong to two different spheres which, though coming together at times in the same individual, are never fully reconcil ed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Before the throne, was a large table filled with globes and spheres, and mathematical instruments of all kinds. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Hawkesworth will enliven our progress with his cheerful, sensible converse, and Stanley accompany the music of the spheres. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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