limits

英 [ˈlɪmɪts] 美 [ˈlɪmɪts]

n.  限度; 限制; 极限; 限量; 限额; (地区或地方的)境界，界限，范围
v.  限制; 限定; 限量; 减量
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 极限
    A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. 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.
    1. The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...
      3个月的限期截至6月中旬。
    2. 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.
    1. ...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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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.
    1. He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...
      他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。
    2. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  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.
    1. The protests were not limited to New York...
      抗议活动不只限于纽约。
    2. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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.
    1. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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.
    1. 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.
    1. 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。
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双语例句

  1. All discharges and disposals of radioactive waste from Springfields were within relevant limits.
    斯普林菲尔德所有放射性废料的排放和处理都在限定的范围之内。
  2. I've had enough — there are limits even for the patience of a saint!
    我已经受够了——即使是圣人忍耐也是有限的！
  3. 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。
  4. The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.
    经济部长宣布了对石油销售的限制。
  5. 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。
  6. He outlined the limits of British power.
    他勾画了英国的势力范围。
  7. 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。
  8. These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.
    这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。
  9. 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。
  10. Downing Street has been off limits to the general public since 1982
    从1982年起唐宁街就已禁止公众进入。
  11. Certain areas have been declared off limits to servicemen.
    已经宣布一些地区军人不得出入。
  12. Cream cleansers are totally off limits for oily skin.
    油性皮肤不能使用洁面霜。
  13. He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.
    他是一个手腕高超、富有胆识、足智多谋的民主党人，能够让不可能的事成为可能。
  14. Some fishing is still allowed, but limits have been imposed on the size of the catch.
    仍然可以小作垂钓，不过对于钓上来的鱼的数量有了限制。
  15. His greed knows no limits.
    他的贪心永无止境。
  16. The creative power of the masses knows no limits.
    群众的创造力是无穷无尽的。
  17. Everything has its limits.
    事物都有限度。
  18. He was not allowed to go beyond the limits of the city.
    他是不允许离开市区的范围的。
  19. There are no limits, your future is unlimited.
    世界无极限，你的未来无可限量。
  20. If you head after the robbers now, you might catch them before they leave the town limits.
    如果现在追赶盗贼，你们可能在他们跑出城区之前逮住他们。
  21. The development of science has no limits.
    科学的发展是无止境的。
  22. Science knows no limits.
    科学的发展是没有止境的。
  23. We must keep the currency above the float's bottom limits.
    我们必须使货币保持在浮动底线之上。
  24. It can be divided into the legality of economic subjects, the legality of economic limits of authority and the legality of economic objects.
    可分解为经济主体合法、经济权限合法和经济客体合法三个方面。
  25. Analogous to the role and domain, this limits the roles that the process may enter.
    类似于角色和域，这部分将限制进程可以进入的角色。
  26. This of course limits the flexibility of your search, but it scales much better.
    这固然限制了搜索的灵活性，但得到了更好的伸缩性。
  27. I realize now that every mother has difference circumstances, options, demands, resources and limits.
    我现在意识到了每个妈妈都面临着不同的境遇和选择，有着不同的需求、资源和限制。
  28. Establish and stick to time limits.
    建立和坚持的时间限制。
  29. The site was found but exceeded the system limits for redirection.
    找到了站点，但已超出系统的重定向限制。
  30. The intensity and alignment of a headlight must be within the specified limits.
    强度和一个大灯的排列必须在规定的极限。
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