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limit n.限度；限制；界限vt.限制；限定 (1) 她的野心没有限度。(2) 我会尽力帮忙，但我所能做的也是有限度的。(3) 他的讲话超过了规定的时间限制。(4) 那堵围墙是校园的界限。(5) 我们必须限制我们的开支。(6) 我仅探讨这一问题的三个方面。(7) 我们必须限定花钱的数量。 There's a limit to how much weight you can lift, how many words can be written in an hour, or how long someone can stay awake. Once you pass the city limits, you have left town. Sporting events have time limits. As a verb, you can limit how much chocolate your kids are allowed to eat. And if you don't feel like writing much, you'll limit your essay to just 400 words instead of 500.

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英 ['lɪmɪt] 美 ['lɪmɪt] (1) Her ambition knows no limit.(2) I'll help as much as I can, but there is a limit to what I can do.(3) His speech ran over the time limit.(4) That fence is the limit of the schoolyard.(5) We must limit our spending.(6) I shall limit myself to three aspects of the subject.(7) We must limit the amount of money we spend. A limit is a boundary, or how far something can go, or the maximum amount of something. When you reach the limit, imagine a little sign saying "the end." 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]极限 A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible.   [usu sing]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。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。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 可数名词]（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.   [usu with supp]The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...3个月的限期截至6月中旬。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 可数名词]（区域的）界限 The limit of an area is its boundary or edge.   [with supp]...the city limits of Baghdad.巴格达市区4[N-PLURAL 复数名词]（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.   [usu N of n]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。He outlined the limits of British power.他勾画了英国的势力范围。5[VERB 动词]限制；限定 If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree.   [V n]  [V n to n]He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。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 动词]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.   [V pron-refl to n/-ing]  [V n to n/-ing]  [Also V pron-refl]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。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。limitingThe conditions laid down to me were not too limiting.给我规定的条件还不算太苛刻。7[VERB 动词]（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.   [be V-ed to n/-ing]  [usu passive]The protests were not limited to New York...抗议活动不只限于纽约。Entry to this prize draw is limited to UK residents.这次抽奖只限英国公民参加。8See also:age limit；limited；  9[PHRASE 短语]禁止进入 If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.   [v-link PHR]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。These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。10[PHRASE 短语]被禁止 If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it.   [v-link PHR]Smoking was off limits everywhere.到处都禁止吸烟。11[PHRASE 短语]（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.   [usu v-link PHR]  [BRIT 英]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。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 短语]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.   [V inflects]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 短语]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.   [PHR with cl]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。

英语单词	limit
英美音标	英 ['lɪmɪt] 美 ['lɪmɪt]
中文释义	n.限度；限制；界限 vt.限制；限定
英语例句	(1) Her ambition knows no limit. (2) I'll help as much as I can, but there is a limit to what I can do. (3) His speech ran over the time limit. (4) That fence is the limit of the schoolyard. (5) We must limit our spending. (6) I shall limit myself to three aspects of the subject. (7) We must limit the amount of money we spend.
中文例句	(1) 她的野心没有限度。 (2) 我会尽力帮忙，但我所能做的也是有限度的。 (3) 他的讲话超过了规定的时间限制。 (4) 那堵围墙是校园的界限。 (5) 我们必须限制我们的开支。 (6) 我仅探讨这一问题的三个方面。 (7) 我们必须限定花钱的数量。
vocabulary简明	A limit is a boundary, or how far something can go, or the maximum amount of something. When you reach the limit, imagine a little sign saying "the end."
vocabulary扩展	There's a limit to how much weight you can lift, how many words can be written in an hour, or how long someone can stay awake. Once you pass the city limits, you have left town. Sporting events have time limits. As a verb, you can limit how much chocolate your kids are allowed to eat. And if you don't feel like writing much, you'll limit your essay to just 400 words instead of 500.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]极限 A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. [usu sing] 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。 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。 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 可数名词]（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. [usu with supp] The three month time limit will be up in mid-June... 3个月的限期截至6月中旬。 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 可数名词]（区域的）界限 The limit of an area is its boundary or edge. [with supp] ...the city limits of Baghdad. 巴格达市区 4 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（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. [usu N of n] 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。 He outlined the limits of British power. 他勾画了英国的势力范围。 5 [VERB 动词]限制；限定 If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. [V n] [V n to n] He limited payments on the country's foreign debt... 他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。 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 动词]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. [V pron-refl to n/-ing] [V n to n/-ing] [Also V pron-refl] 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。 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。 limiting The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting. 给我规定的条件还不算太苛刻。 7 [VERB 动词]（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. [be V-ed to n/-ing] [usu passive] The protests were not limited to New York... 抗议活动不只限于纽约。 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 短语]禁止进入 If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. [v-link PHR] 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。 These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens. 这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。 10 [PHRASE 短语]被禁止 If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it. [v-link PHR] Smoking was off limits everywhere. 到处都禁止吸烟。 11 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [usu v-link PHR] [BRIT 英] 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。 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 短语]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. [V inflects] 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 短语]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. [PHR with cl] 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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