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limiting adj.限制的;

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英[ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ]  美[ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ] N-COUNT极限A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible.例：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。例：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。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.例：The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...3个月的限期截至6月中旬。例：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The limit of an area is its boundary or edge.例：...the city limits of Baghdad.巴格达市区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.例：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。例：He outlined the limits of British power.他勾画了英国的势力范围。VERB限制；限定If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree.例：He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。例：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 you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced.例：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。例：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 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.例：The protests were not limited to New York...抗议活动不只限于纽约。例：Entry to this prize draw is limited to UK residents.这次抽奖只限英国公民参加。PHRASE禁止进入If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.例：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。例：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 is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it.例：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 someone is over the limit, they have drunk more alcohol than they are legally allowed to when driving a vehicle.例：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。例：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 say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful.例：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 add within limits to a statement, you mean that it is true or applies only when talking about reasonable or normal situations.例：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。

单词	limiting
音标	英[ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ] 美[ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ]
解释	adj.限制的;
例句	N-COUNT 极限 A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. 例：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。例：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。 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. 例：The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...3个月的限期截至6月中旬。例：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 The limit of an area is its boundary or edge. 例：...the city limits of Baghdad.巴格达市区 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. 例：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。例：He outlined the limits of British power.他勾画了英国的势力范围。 VERB 限制；限定 If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. 例：He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。例：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 you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced. 例：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。例：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 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. 例：The protests were not limited to New York...抗议活动不只限于纽约。例：Entry to this prize draw is limited to UK residents.这次抽奖只限英国公民参加。 PHRASE 禁止进入 If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. 例：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。例：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 is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it. 例：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 someone is over the limit, they have drunk more alcohol than they are legally allowed to when driving a vehicle. 例：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。例：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 say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful. 例：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 add within limits to a statement, you mean that it is true or applies only when talking about reasonable or normal situations. 例：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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Limit Limited Phrase Allowed 例：The N Count Area 例：He