keep within bounds

基本解釋

Self-love, kept within due bounds, is a natural and useful sentiment.
控制在適當范圍內的自愛，是一種自然的也是有益的感情。
And, mirabile dictu, their shareholders managed to ensure that bankers’ bonuses were kept within modest bounds.
令人驚奇的是，這些銀行的股東們竟能同時使銀行家們的獎金維持在一個合理的范圍內。
An internal Israeli army investigation concluded that, despite a small number of errors, the army kept within the bounds of international law during the assault on the Gaza Strip three months ago.
一家以色列內部軍隊調查機構指出，除了為數不多的錯誤，三個月之前以色列在加沙地帶采取的軍事行動完全遵守國際法。

But, so far, the demonstrations have been kept within bounds, and are not doing the Israelis much damage.
ECONOMIST: The Palestinians
And, mirabile dictu, their shareholders managed to ensure that bankers' bonuses were kept within modest bounds.
ECONOMIST: The least-bad rich-world economy
Tendentious though the article was, it kept, just, within the bounds of propriety.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot