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limit
[英] [ˈlimit] [美] [ˈlɪmɪt] 生词本

n.

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词：LIMIT  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. N-COUNT 极限 A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. 

  • Her love for him was being tested to its limits...

    她对他的爱经受着极其严峻的考验。

  • There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day...

    每天食用多少新鲜水果都可以。

  • Firefighters are being stretched to the limit as fire sweeps through the drought-stricken state.

    火势在这个遭受旱灾的州里迅速蔓延，消防队员疲于应对，接近极限。

2. N-COUNT （特定的）限期，限额，限度 A limit of a particular kind is the largest or smallest amount of something such as time or money that is allowed because of a rule, law, or decision. 

  • The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...

    3个月的限期截至6月中旬。

  • The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.

    经济部长宣布了对石油销售的限制。

3. N-COUNT （区域的）界限 The limit of an area is its boundary or edge. 

  • ...the city limits of Baghdad.

    巴格达市区

4. N-PLURAL （可能行动或结果的）范围 The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible. 

  • She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget...

    她不得不在相当紧张的预算范围内精打细算。

  • He outlined the limits of British power.

    他勾画了英国的势力范围。

5. VERB 限制；限定 If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. 

  • He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...

    他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。

  • The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million.

    这一观点认为经济将会增长2.25%，这将把失业人数限定在250万左右。

6. VERB 使（某人）受限 If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced. 

  • It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week...

    现在人们已经接受，男性一周饮酒量不应超过20个单位。

  • Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each.

    选民削减了市政会委员的薪酬，并且限定他们每人只配一个工作人员。

limiting

  • The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting.

    给我规定的条件还不算太苛刻。

7. VERB （使）限于（某一地方或群体） If something is limited to a particular place or group of people, it exists only in that place, or is had or done only by that group. 

  • The protests were not limited to New York...

    抗议活动不只限于纽约。

  • Entry to this prize draw is limited to UK residents.

    这次抽奖只限英国公民参加。

8. See also: age limit; limited;  
9. PHRASE 禁止进入 If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. 

  • A one-mile area around the wreck is still off limits...

    沉船方圆一英里内仍然禁止进入。

  • These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.

    这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。

10. PHRASE 被禁止 If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it. 

  • Smoking was off limits everywhere.

    到处都禁止吸烟。

11. PHRASE （驾驶时）血液中酒精浓度超标的 If someone is over the limit, they have drunk more alcohol than they are legally allowed to when driving a vehicle. 

  • If police breathalyse me and find I am over the limit I face a long ban...

    如果警察对我作呼气测醉试验，发现我饮酒过量，我将会被禁驾很长时间。

  • He was found to be three times over the limit.

    他血液中的酒精浓度是允许极限的3倍。

12. PHRASE 没有任何限制；一切都是可能的（或能达到的） If you say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful. 

  • They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit.

    他们发现，就收入和事业成功来讲，多高都有可能的。

13. PHRASE 在一定范围内；有限度地 If you add within limits to a statement, you mean that it is true or applies only when talking about reasonable or normal situations. 

  • In the circumstances we'll tell you what we can, within limits, of course, and in confidence.

    在这种情况下，我们会把能告诉你的都告诉你，当然这是有限度的，而且需要保密。

Noun

1. the greatest possible degree of something;

  • "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"
  • "to the limit of his ability"

2. final or latest limiting point

3. the boundary of a specific area

4. as far as something can go

5. the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

6. the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed;

  • "there are limits on the amount you can bet"
  • "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"
Verb

1. place limits on (extent or access);

  • "restrict the use of this parking lot"
  • "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

2. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

3. decide upon or fix definitely;

  • "fix the variables"
  • "specify the parameters"

体育

  • 1.限制
  • 2.比赛规定时间

医学

  • 1.限度，界限，范围，极限

数学

<名>
  • 1.极限

法律

  • 1.限制
  • 2.限定

船舶

<名>
  • 1.极限值
  • 2.。由国家指定的权威组织制定并经主管机关批准的对设备、分系统、系统电磁发射和敏感度要求。通常在单对数坐标上用折线表示，也可用数据表示。

计算机

  • 1.极限；限界[制][LMT];= Lot-size Inventory Management Interpolation Technique,批量库存管理内推[插]技术
1. There is a limit to one's life, but no limit to serving the people.
人的生命是有限的，但为人民服务是无限的。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Badly written questions limit the usefulness of questionnaires.
问题设计得不好，调查问卷的用途就会打折扣。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?
然而，如果我记起这样一个事实：使用一架倍数有限的望远镜需要长期的经验和对仪器的完全熟悉，我们难道能够责怪那些作过观察但没有看见迦利略所看见的东西的人吗？

来自《用法词典》

4. During the gambling he could win millions! The sky's the limit!
在这场赌博中他可能赢数百万！无尽无休！

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He broke the speed limit by driving his car at 80 mph.
他以80英里的时速开车，因而违章超速。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. He must limit the number of cigarettes he smokes.
他必须限制他抽烟的数目。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. I'm afraid I didn't see the speed limit, afficer, I must have been dreaming.
恐怕我没有看见限速标志，警官。我一定思想开小差了。

来自《用法词典》

8. If only the banks would lend money without limit!
但愿银行能无限制地贷款！

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. Make sure you keep within the new lower speed limit.
请一定不要超过新的限速。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. No limit is set on the length (for an article).
字数不拘。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11. Our patience has been taxed to the limit.
我们忍耐到了极点。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12. Our tolerance has reached its limit.
我们忍耐到了极点。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. Policeman:Didn't you see the speed limit?
警察：难到你没有看到限速标牌吗？

来自《用法词典》

14. The General Assembly may limit the time to be allowed to each speaker.
大会可限制每一发言者的发言时间。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. The bank has written to say I've gone over my credit limit.
银行写信来说我已经超过信用限额了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. The diver went into the deep water beyond the danger limit.
潜水员下潜到超过危险线的深水中去了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. The driver exceeds the speed limit.
那位司机超速驾车。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. The house prices in the city seemed soaring up without limit.
这个城市的房价好像在无限制地飞涨。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. The minimum investment is 100 dollars, but the sky's the limit.
投资额最少要一百美元，没有上限。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. The police are watching to see that all motorists stay within the new speed limit.
警察在值勤，以确保汽车驾驶员均能遵守新的限速。

来自《简明英汉词典》