limit
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈlɪmɪt/
/ˈlɪmɪt/
Idioms - the greatest or smallest amount of something that is allowed
极限；限量；限额 - They imposed a strict spending limit.
他们实施了严格的开支限制。 - His speed was double the legal limit.
他的速度是法定极限的两倍。 - Do not exceed the recommended limit of 6g of salt per day.
不要超过每天6克盐的推荐限量。 - limit on something The EU has set strict limits on levels of pollution.
欧盟对污染程度作了严格的限定。 - within limits to keep government spending within acceptable limits
将政府开支保持在可接受的限度内 - over the limit You can't drive—you're over the limit (= you have drunk more alcohol than is legal when driving).
你饮酒过量，不能驾车。
Synonyms limitlimit- restriction
- control
- constraint
- restraint
- limitation
- limit the greatest or smallest amount of something that is allowed:
- The EU has set strict limits on pollution levels.
欧盟对污染程度作了严格的限定。 - the speed limit
速度限制
- The EU has set strict limits on pollution levels.
- restriction (rather formal) a rule or law that limits what you can do:
指限制规定、限制法规： - There are no restrictions on the amount of money you can withdraw.
取款没有限额。
- There are no restrictions on the amount of money you can withdraw.
- control (often in compounds) the act of limiting or managing something; a method of doing this:
- arms control
军备控制
- arms control
- constraint (rather formal) a fact or decision that limits what you can do:
指限制、限定、约束： - We have to work within severe constraints of time and money.
我们必须在时间紧迫、资金紧张的限制下工作。
- We have to work within severe constraints of time and money.
- restraint (rather formal) a decision, a rule, an idea, etc. that limits what you can do; the act of limiting something because it is necessary or sensible to do so:
指约束力、管制措施、制约因素、控制、限制： - The government has imposed export restraints on some products.
政府对一些产品实行了出口控制。 - The unions are unlikely to accept any sort of wage restraint.
工会不大可能接受任何形式的工资限制。
- The government has imposed export restraints on some products.
- limitation the act or process of limiting something; a rule, fact or condition that limits something:
- They would resist any limitation of their powers.
他们会抵制对他们权力的任何限制。
- They would resist any limitation of their powers.
用 restriction、constraint、restraint 还是 limitation？ - limits/restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints/limitations on something
- limits/limitations to something
- severe limits/restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints/limitations
- tight limits/restrictions/controls/constraints
- to impose/remove limits/restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints/limitations
- to lift restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints
- Banks may import currency without limit.
银行可以无限制地进口货币。 - They called for a limit on the use of pesticides.
他们呼吁限制杀虫剂的使用。 - Air pollution is in danger of breaching the limits set by the European Union.
空气污染有可能超过欧盟设定的限制。 - If the £145 limit is breached customs can insist on the payment of import duty and VAT.
如果145限额被突破，海关可以坚持支付进口税和增值税。 - The package exceeded the weight limit for a normal first class stamp.
包裹超过了普通一级邮票的重量限制。 - There is an upper limit on spending.
支出是有上限的。 - The law placed a limit of 100 years on copyright.
法律对版权规定了100年的期限。 - Central government has set a limit on spending by local councils.
中央政府已经给地方议会的开支设定一个限度。 - Four cups of coffee is my daily limit.
4 杯咖啡是我一天的限量。 - Heat levels rose beyond the recommended limits.
热度超过了建议的限度。 - I can offer you $50 but that's my absolute limit.
我可以给你出 50 美元，但这是我能出的最高数额了。 - I don't want to go over my overdraft limit.
我不想超出我的透支限额。 - Most credit card issuers have set limits on how low rates can go.
多数信用卡发行机构都设有费用低限。 - The application must be made within a strict time limit.
必须在限期内提出申请，过时不候。 - The engine was still reading well above normal limits.
发动机的读数仍远高于正常数值。 - The level of radioactivity in the soil was found to be above recommended limits.
土壤的辐射水平被发现超过了规定的限度。 - The price fell below the lower limit.
价格已低于下限。 - The same emission limits apply to all engines.
相同的排放限制适用于所有发动机。 - There's a limit on the number of tickets you can buy.
购票数量是有限制的。 - There's a weight limit on the bridge.
这座桥有载重限制。 - This led them to reduce the upper age limit from age 65 to age 59.
这种情况使得他们把年龄上限从 65 岁降到了 59 岁。 - We are forced to operate within relatively narrow limits.
我们被迫在相对狭小的范围内进行操作。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- outer
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- They imposed a strict spending limit.
- a point at which something stops being possible or existing
限度；限制 - She knew the limits of her power.
她知道自己的权限。 - to set/define the limits of something
设定/定义某事物的界限 - to push/test the limits of something
挑战/测试某事物的极限 - It's a movie that stretches the limits of believability.
这是一部拓展了可信度极限的电影。 - His arrogance knew (= had) no limits.
他极其傲慢。 - limit to something There is a limit to the amount of pain we can bear.
我们能忍受的疼痛是有限度的。 - to the limit The team performed to the limit of its capabilities.
这个队已竭尽全力。 - to push/test somebody/something to the limit
将某人/某物推到极限 - I knew I had reached my limit and couldn't do any more.
我知道我已经到了极限，不能再做了。 - within the limits of something They've done their best within the limits of their capability.
他们已经尽了最大努力。 - beyond the limits of something I saw things beyond the limits of my ability to describe.
我看到的东西超出了我的描述能力。
- I was almost at the limits of my patience.
我的耐心几乎到了极限。 - His family business had reached the limits of possible expansion.
他的家族企业已经达到了可能扩张的极限。 - Every society defines the limits of acceptable behaviour.
每个社会都定义了可接受行为的界限。 - He set very definite limits on what he would reveal about his private life.
他对自己私生活的披露设定了非常明确的限制。 - Such restrictions would place severe limits on the music's wider cultural relevance.
这种限制将严重限制音乐更广泛的文化相关性。 - He pushed the limits of what the budget would bear.
他推动了预算所能承受的极限。 - She is testing the limits of architecture as we know it.
她在测试我们所知的建筑的极限。 - Daring art sometimes tests the limits of the legally permissible.
大胆的艺术有时会考验法律允许的极限。 - We choose to accept challenges, to take risks, and to stretch limits.
我们选择接受挑战，承担风险，拓展极限。 - She pushed me to the limit of my abilities.
她把我推到了能力的极限。 - She wants Zack to be free to explore his limits, experiment and try new things.
她想让扎克自由地探索自己的极限，试验并尝试各种新事物。 - The industry was approaching the limits of expansion.
该行业正在接近扩张的极限。 - The new law has its limits.
新法律有其局限性。 - Their designers have pushed the limits of technology in order to create something new.
为了创新，他们的设计师已经把技术发挥到了极限。 - There's a practical limit to how small a computer can be.
电脑的体积是有实际限制的。 - They did well within the limits of their knowledge.
鉴于知识所限，他们已经做得很好了。 - They recognize the limits of conventional strategies.
他们认识到传统策略的局限性。 - Our finances have been stretched to the limit.
我们的财力已经消耗殆尽。 - The managers' skills and expertise were being tested to the limits.
经理们的技能和专业知识正受到最大限度的考验。 - There is no limit to what we can achieve.
我们可实现的目标是没有极限的。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- outer
- northern
- southern
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- approach
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- above a/the limit
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- She knew the limits of her power.
- [plural] the furthest edge of an area or a place
（地区或地方的）境界，界限，范围 - We were reaching the limits of civilization.
我们快到蛮荒地界了。 - the city limits (= the imaginary line which officially divides the city from the area outside)
城市境界 - islands on the outer limit of the continent
在大陆外围界限上的岛屿
- Fishing beyond the twelve-mile limit is not permitted.
到 12 英里界限以外捕鱼是不允许的。 - There was no school within a limit of ten miles.
10 英里内没有一所学校。 - Let us wonder what stops at the limits of the universe.
让我们想一想宇宙的极限是什么。 - The trees are found only below a limit of 1 500 feet.
这些树只有在 1,500 英尺以下的地带才能找到。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- outer
- northern
- southern
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- have
- approach
- near
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- above a/the limit
- at a/the limit
- below a/the limit
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- We were reaching the limits of civilization.
词源late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes.
Idioms
be the limit
- (old-fashioned, informal) to be extremely annoying
极其令人讨厌
push the boundaries/limits
- to attempt to go beyond what is allowed or thought to be possible
限制： 试图超越允许或认为可能的范围- We aim to push the boundaries of what we can achieve.
我们的目标是超越我们所能达到的极限。 - She pushes her physical limits through various endurance challenges.
她通过各种耐力挑战来突破自己的身体极限。
- We aim to push the boundaries of what we can achieve.
the sky’s the limit
- (informal) there is no limit to what somebody can achieve, earn, do, etc.
无穷尽；什么都可能；不可限量 - With a talent like his, the sky's the limit.
以他的禀赋，前途不可限量。
- With a talent like his, the sky's the limit.
within limits
- to some extent
在某种程度上；有一定限制 - I'm willing to help, within limits.
我愿意帮忙，可有一定的限度。 - The children can do what they like, within limits.
孩子们可以在规定范围内做自己喜欢的事。
- I'm willing to help, within limits.
without limit/limits
- without a point at which something has to stop
限量；减量 - The debt is rising without limit.
债务无限制上升。 - She's a free spirit and lives her life without limits.
她是一个自由的灵魂，过着没有限制的生活。
- The debt is rising without limit.