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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