日入一词_83：encompass
Each database—and more specifically, each table—has different characteristics that may force you to adopt techniques that encompass one or more of the concepts explained in this chapter.
verb /ɛnˈkʌmpəs/
1
to include a wide range of ideas, subjects, etc.
to include (something) as a part.
to include a large number or range of things.
to include, especially different types of things.
to include a lot of people or things.If something encompasses particular things, it includes them.
The study encompasses the social, political, and economic aspects of the situation.
My interests encompass [=cover, include] a broad range of topics.
The district encompasses most of the downtown area.
The job encompasses a wide range of responsibilities.
The group encompasses all ages.
The festival/'fɛstɪvl/ is to encompass everything from music, theatre and ballet/'bæle/ to literature/'lɪtrətʃɚ/, cinema and the visual arts.
The student debates will encompass a range of subjects.
the extra services, which start next September and encompass a wide range of special interests.
His repertoire/'rɛpɚ'twɑr/ encompassed everything from Bach to Schoenberg.
2
to completely cover or surround something.
to cover or surround (an area).
to surround or cover sth completely.
to include or surround an area completely.
To encompass a place means to completely surround or cover it.
The houses encompassed about 100 square metres.
A thick fog encompassed [=enveloped] the city.
a neighborhood encompassed by a highway
The fog soon encompassed the whole valley.
His kingdom encompassed 890 square miles.
Encompassing over a million square miles, this remote and mountainous domain /do'men/ presides/prɪ'zaɪd/ over the rest of Asia.
The map shows the rest of the western region, encompassing nine states.
