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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

limit

英  [ˈlɪmɪt]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • limits

    1. [C 可数名词] 极限

    A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible.

    近义词

    utmost

    双语例句

    例：

    Her love for him was being tested to its limits.

    她对他的爱正在受到极其严峻的考验。

    例：

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

    你每天吃多少新鲜水果都可以。

    例：

    warnings that hospitals are being stretched to the limit.

    关于医院已经到了承受极限的警告。

    2. [C 可数名词] 限制

    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.

    近义词

    restriction

    双语例句

    例：

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

    3个月的时间限制将于6月中旬到期。

    例：

    The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.

    经济事务部长宣布了对石油销售的限制。

    3. [C 可数名词] 界限

    The limit of an area is its boundary or edge.

    双语例句

    例：

    the city limits of Baghdad.

    巴格达的城市边界。

    4. [PL 复数] 范围

    The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible.

    双语例句

    例：

    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开展工作。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • off limits

    1. 禁止入内

    If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    沉船周围一英里的地区仍然禁止入内。

    VERB. 动词

  • limits , limiting , limited

    1. [T 及物动词] 限制

    If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree.

    近义词

    restrict

    双语例句

    例：

    He limited payments on the country's foreign debt.

    他限制了国家外债的偿还。

    例：

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

    这种看法认为，经济将增长2.25，这会把失业人数限制在250万左右。

    2. [T 及物动词] 对…作出限制

    If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced.

    双语例句

    例：

    Please limit letters to 125 words or less.

    请把信的长度限制在125字以内。

    3. [T 及物动词] 仅限于（某地、某团体）

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The protests were not limited to New York.

    抗议活动并不仅限于纽约。

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