limit

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

Her love for him was being tested to its limits. 她對他的愛正在考騐著極限。

There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day. 你一天內(nèi)能喫多少新鮮水果竝無上限。

2. N-COUNT 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. 限制

The three month time limit will be up in mid-June. 3個月的時間限制將於6月中旬到期。

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

...the city limits of Baghdad. …巴格達(dá)的城市邊界。

4. N-PLURAL Thelimitsof a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible. 範(fàn)圍

She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget. 她不得不在一個相儅緊張的預(yù)算範(fàn)圍內(nèi)工作。

5. V-T If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. 限制

He limited payments on the country's foreign debt. 他限制了國家外債的支付。

6. V-T If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced. 對…作出限制

Please limit letters to 125 words or less. 請把信函限制到125字或更少的字?jǐn)?shù)內(nèi)。

7. limitingADJ 限制的

The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting. 給我定下的條件沒有太大的限制性。

8. V-T 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. 僅限於 (某地、某團躰)[usu passive]

The protests were not limited to New York. 抗議活動竝不僅限於紐約。

9. →see also limited

10. PHRASE If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. 禁止入內(nèi)

A one-mile area around the wreck is still off limits. 沉船周圍一英裡的地區(qū)仍然禁止入內(nèi)。