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
limit的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 极限
  Alimitis 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。
• N-COUNT （特定的）限期，限额，限度
  Alimitof 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。
• N-COUNT （区域的）界限
  Thelimitof an area is its boundary or edge.
  1. ...the city limits of Baghdad.
     巴格达市区
• N-PLURAL （可能行动或结果的）范围
  The limits ofa 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。
• VERB 限制；限定
  If youlimitsomething, 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。
• VERB 使（某人）受限
  If youlimit yourselfto something, or if someone or somethinglimitsyou, 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。
• VERB （使）限于（某一地方或群体）
  If somethingis limited toa 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。
• See also:age limitlimited
• PHRASE 禁止进入
  If an area or a place isoff 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。
• PHRASE 被禁止
  If you say that something isoff limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it.
  1. Smoking was off limits everywhere.
     到处都禁止吸烟。
• PHRASE （驾驶时）血液中酒精浓度超标的
  If someoneis 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。
• PHRASE 没有任何限制；一切都是可能的（或能达到的）
  If you saythe 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。
• PHRASE 在一定范围内；有限度地
  If you addwithin limitsto 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.
  经济部长宣布了对石油销售的限制。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• The creative power of the masses knows no limits.
  群众的创造力是无穷无尽的。
• He outlined the limits of British power.
  他勾画了英国的势力范围。
• 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。