| 单词 | limit |
| 释义 | limit (lɪmɪt ) Word forms: limits , limiting , limited 1. countable noun [usually singular] B1+ A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. Her love for him was being tested to its limits. There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day. [+ to] Firefighters are being stretched to the limit as fire sweeps through the state. Synonyms: end, bound, ultimate, deadline 2. countable noun B1+ 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. The three month time limit will be up in mid-June. The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales. [+ on] 3. countable noun The limit of an area is its boundary or edge. ...the city limits of Baghdad. [+ of] 4. plural noun B1+ The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible. She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget. [+ of] He outlined the limits of British power. [+ of] Synonyms: limitation, maximum, restriction, ceiling 5. verb B2 If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. He limited payments on the country's foreign debt. [VERB noun] Place numbers are limited to 25 on both tours, so please book early. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: restrict, control, check, fix 6. verb B2 If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced. It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to] Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each. [VERB noun + to] limiting adjective The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting. 7. verb [usually passive] 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. The protests were not limited to New York. [be VERB-ed + to] Entry to this prize draw is limited to U.K. residents. [be VERB-ed + to] 8. See also age limit, limited 9. off limits phrase If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. A one-mile area around the wreck is still off limits. These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens. 10. off limits phrase [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it. Smoking was off limits everywhere. 11. be over the limit phrase If someone is over the limit, they have drunk more alcohol than they are legally allowed to when driving a vehicle. [British] If police breathalyse me and find I am over the limit I face a long ban. He was found to be three times over the limit. 12. the sky is the limit phrase If you say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful. They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit. 13. within limits phrase If you add within limits to a statement, you mean that it is true or applies only when talking about reasonable or normal situations. In the circumstances we'll tell you what we can, within limits, of course, and in confidence. Idioms: the sky's the limit said to mean that it is possible that someone or something will be very successful `How much are you hoping to make for this charity of yours?' `Well, loads hopefully. I mean the sky's the limit.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: alcohol limit The alcohol limit is 0.5 g per litre of blood. Collins Traveller - The Algarve (1993) Smith was under the alcohol limit but found guilty of failing to stop. The Sun (2015) About a third of women and four in ten men exceed the recommended weekly alcohol limits. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Police are not above the law and should not break speed limits. The Sun (2020) Their premiums rise sharply if they persistently break the limit. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But with the new rules a single pint would be enough to break the limit. The Sun (2010) Theoretically the on-board units could be used to detect whether a driver has exceeded the speed limit. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Any payment exceeding the limit will be taxed. Times, Sunday Times (2012) On some flights, if you exceed the weight limit you will be turned away. The Sun (2015) Why the seemingly arbitrary height limit? Times, Sunday Times (2006) Some London boroughs, for example, impose a height limit of two metres - which could mean you have to lower the floor to get sufficient ceiling height inside. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A new height limit has not yet been set, but companies have told ministers that they want to build up to 50 metres. Times,Sunday Times (2020) Should they warn us not to drink too much, or impose legal limits? Times, Sunday Times (2007) English law imposes a time limit to bring compensation claims to court. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It will also impose time limits on the process. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The rice harvest was the lowest in 23 years, due to the storm and a government effort to limit production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such clauses make it difficult to put on a show and/or limit production quality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1985 economic planners decided to limit production of refrigerators because they estimated that supply would outstrip demand by 5.9 million units in 1990. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government was trying to limit production because of economic and environmental concerns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Quotas can be set high to encourage production, or can be used to limit production to control the supply of goods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ideally, you should grow both, as each has its uses, but if you have limited space go for shallots. Times, Sunday Times Where you only have limited space, choose a 'family' tree which has three different kinds of apple on one trunk. The Sun If you have limited space, find a raised edge or a rock/brick/wood block and tap alternate toes onto this edge. Times,Sunday Times Decorative wallpaper can rock but if you have limited space apply it to a feature wall only. Times, Sunday Times While most other sporting venues have limited space and fixed seating, racecourses have many acres in which to ensure that crowds can safely be managed. Times,Sunday Times Unfortunately that time the company decided to limit supply to retain exclusivity, and thereby merely infuriated loyal customers. Times, Sunday Times It pledged to work with customers to limit supply disruptions. Times, Sunday Times Property prices may be supported by prospective sellers delaying putting their home on the market, thereby limiting supply. Times, Sunday Times Analysts believe that palladium could top $860 in the short term and prices are being driven by geopolitical issues limiting supply and rising demand from industry. Times, Sunday Times They may also more broadly limit supplies in markets where prices are low. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Commitment may be regarded as a trap, curtailing my freedom, and fidelity as dull, limiting my opportunities, and unselfishness as stultifying, denying me fulfilment. Times, Sunday Times But surely this will limit his opportunities? Times, Sunday Times He said more targeted measures, however, were likely to be worthwhile - for example, limiting the opportunity for transmission by carers and encouraging undergraduates to move their learning online. Times,Sunday Times That stipulation could have limited his opportunities. Houston Chronicle You were right not to want to limit her opportunities but it's a shame you didn't then focus on making the best of your own life chances. The Sun It will limit the possibility that he could go to university abroad. Times,Sunday Times While testing, the station ran at half power (10,000 watts day and 1,000 watts night) to further limit the possibility of interference. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Economists today have concluded that suspension of convertibility, deposit insurance, and sufficient capital requirements in banks can limit the possibility of bank runs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Advocates argue that a maximum wage could limit the possibility for inflation of a currency or economy, similar to the way a minimum wage may limit deflation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This may not have been a great problem hitherto but it seems foolish to limit the possibilities of expression in this way. Times, Sunday Times However, if soil gets very alkaline it can lock up nutrients and will further limit your range of plants. Times, Sunday Times From age 35 the ligaments considerably limit the range of motions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ceiling effects and floor effects both limit the range of data reported by the instrument, reducing variability in the gathered data. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such patients will have reduced lung capacity which tends to limit their range of activities through life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to range limitations, all rockets were launched vertically, to limit their range. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They can limit the scope for human error, as when guiding the hand of a surgeon. Times, Sunday Times However, that would limit the scope for cost savings, which might have helped to sell the deal to shareholders on both sides. Times, Sunday Times Check whether there are any restrictions that could limit the scope for renovating, such as listed status or a property being in a conservation area. Times, Sunday Times Now, he and other experts say, cities are learning that housing authorities can be effective landlords when they limit the scope of their work. Globe and Mail It has usually been assumed that astronauts would have to take both with them, which would limit the scope and duration of any mission. Times, Sunday Times Social media platforms have belatedly tried to limit the spread of the fake news and false medical theorising. Times,Sunday Times Amateur football will be able to take place once plans have been agreed to limit the spread of coronavirus. Times,Sunday Times They will include allowing police to detain infected people and forcing schools to stay open to help to limit the spread of the virus. The Sun Pausing the deal and staying put will help limit the spread of the infection, they believe. The Sun Try to limit the spread of flu by sneezing into a tissue and discarding it. The Sun And limit the use of damaging styling equipment, particularly straighteners. The Sun Those who live there will be able to grow their own fruit and veg rather than buy them and to limit the use of cars. Times, Sunday Times With integrated pest management, by contrast, you limit the use of pesticides to try to avoid selecting for resistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now doctors are being warned to limit the use of the medicine for the skin condition. The Sun Families on low incomes will be given free electricity to limit their use of open fires. Times, Sunday Times He promised he'd set a low limit of 100 on it. The Sun A low limit on allowable carbon dioxide has a bright side. Times, Sunday Times Let's ignore the hysteria and raise the absurdly low limit on these 'quakes'. The Sun To prevent the boiler from firing too often, aquastats have a high limit temperature and a low limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, most merchants who provide the facility set a relatively low limit on cash out, generally $50, and some also charge for the service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would allow agencies to lower the limit in bad weather or heavy traffic. The Sun Are you going to continue to try to lower the limit? Times, Sunday Times The three ways that do not do much good, while turning more people into criminals, are to lower the limit, increase the policing and to increase the penalties. Times, Sunday Times Ministers have repeatedly refused to lower the limit, insisting that a change would penalise sensible motorists. Times, Sunday Times Better still, that they instead decide to revisit the move to lower the limit to 20 weeks. The Sun Don't get carried away: set a maximum limit and stick to it. Times, Sunday Times The government said that signatories should now regard 30-day payment terms as standard, with 60 days as the new maximum limit. Times, Sunday Times It recommended that any future contract should be flexible enough to allow sevenday working and set a maximum limit on payments for additional work. Times, Sunday Times Bondholders can invest any sum over 100 and within the maximum limit. Times, Sunday Times Anyone who needs a loan for more than 75 per cent but less than 90 per cent, the banks' maximum limit, will see rates fall by up to 0.15 points. Times, Sunday Times At present, equity schemes usually have a minimum limit of 10,000. Times, Sunday Times If the country has the minimum limit it will get 10 points, if it has the maximum then it will get 5 points. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Areas where the drainage gradient may fall below the minimum limit 0.5% are found at the entrance and exit of banked outer curves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Imported models had a high minimum limit of 250 units in country but locally built cars could have a minimum of only 100 cars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example cars with 2,500 cc to 3,000 cc must meet the minimum limit of 1,200 kg while cars below that displacement have a minimum weight limit of 1,100 kg. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Your doctor says you're healthy, no signs of disease; blood pressure and weight are within normal limits. Christianity Today The additional 30 km/h in comparison to the normal limit on upgraded conventional lines was necessary in order to achieve a total journey time of 90 minutes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The normal limits of the shower can be taken to be from 20th to 24th and some of the meteors can be bright. Times, Sunday Times His calcaneofibular ligament appears within normal limits. ST He said he checked it was safe to prescribe the therapies, monitored his clients' health closely with medical tests during treatment and ensured patients' levels were kept within normal limits. Times, Sunday Times There doesn't seem to be any outer limit, and even if we try to hold her back she just keeps going. Times,Sunday Times All the same, the outer limit of her peripheral vision caught me gawping at her and, without moving her head, she did a long slow blink of displeasure. Times, Sunday Times Walls and foundations can not be placed within one tile of the outer limit of the lot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hence, when considering the convergence of a sequence of sets, it generally suffices to consider the convergence of the outer limit of that sequence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both organizations have, in their explorations, pushed the outer limit of diving technology accumulating numerous world records in their respective fields of exploration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I remember thinking that we were pushed to the absolute physical limit. Times, Sunday Times However, scientists now faced the physical limit imposed by the fibres, where the growing amount of light energy they had to carry risked signal distortion. Times, Sunday Times Excellent guides, instructors, chefs and therapists, combined with intelligent scheduling, mean you can be stretched to your physical limit without snapping. Times, Sunday Times Racehorses seem to have reached that physical limit. Times, Sunday Times They felt that they were already tuned up and did not need to be driven to the physical limit by an 'amateur'. Times, Sunday Times Previously the government had proposed a limit of 1,200 on childcare costs of up to 6,000. Times, Sunday Times Anglers also face restrictions on how many bass they can catch and keep, with the commission proposing a limit of three fish per person per day. Times, Sunday Times This proposed a limit on wage rises of 6 per week for all earning below 8,500 annually. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government had initially proposed a limit of 90 days, saying this was on the recommendation of the police, and citing support from opinion polls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the approval of 75% of their shareholders, banks can push the limit up to two times salary. Times, Sunday Times He was more than willing to push the limit. The Scientist I believe we can push the limit beyond the original form and content! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To push the limit like that and reinvent themselves when they had no need to do that. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For some pilots, embracing risk and pushing the limits of aerodynamics are hallmarks of their livelihood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Why not raise the limit to 100mph, then? Times, Sunday Times Local authorities will have the power to raise the limit to 60mph on the safest roads, but will have to justify it. Times, Sunday Times Raise the limit on individual political contributions from $32,400 to $324,000; ? Times, Sunday Times Ministers agreed to raise the limit from 1,200 after receiving evidence that the average cost of full-time nursery care was almost 9,980 a year. Times, Sunday Times Paying a few more pounds now to raise the limit on your cover could save you thousands should your home be waterlogged. Times, Sunday Times Once drivers reach the limit, they must order passengers off and flag up a new route number before letting everyone back on board. The Sun If they do not reach that limit, they are declared nonviable. Times,Sunday Times The devices will alert motorists when they reach the limit and advanced versions will intervene to prevent speeding. Times, Sunday Times And they reach that limit by 2pm or 3pm, the insider says. The Sun As manufacturers work to increase the speed and storage capacity of flash memory chips by scaling them down, they will eventually reach a limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's really hard to keep an attitude of love if we're stressed, stretched, and pulled beyond reasonable limits. Christianity Today Conversely, it implies that a restriction can be invalidated, if it can not be shown to be a reasonable limit in a free and democratic society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may not even be risky for those with high blood pressure, provided they stick within reasonable limits. Times, Sunday Times Kept within reasonable limits, it gives a legitimate sense of extra connection to the thrill of witnessing exceptional performances. Times, Sunday Times We complained but the surveyor said he works very hard to give a good and careful survey and there are reasonable limits as to how far he can delve. Times, Sunday Times An alarm sounds if the water depth approaches the safe limit of 850mm (2ft 9in). Times, Sunday Times One test of water contamination has been registered at 17million times the safe limit. The Sun By setting a safe limit (say, 50) the authorities would have a full-proof procedure that protects the athlete. Times, Sunday Times That's why it's worth sticking to the safe limit of 14 units. The Sun My cholesterol was well over the 5mmol/litre safe limit. The Sun One friend has set a £20 limit on gifts for all her extended family. Times, Sunday Times (2007) To avoid delays, a few companies attempt to set limits on the length of time before construction begins. Principles of Corporate Finance (1991) Set a time limit on how long you let this drag on. The Sun (2013) Set a spending limit ahead of time and keep to the cash-only rule. Christianity Today The sun focuses on finances and makes it easier to stick to a spending limit, even when people play on your sympathy. The Sun It also commits her to sticking to the 135,000 campaign spending limit and 'clean' social media campaigning. The Sun Most will be setting a specific daily spending limit or are switching to self-catering deals. The Sun He was delighted not to be given a set spending limit. Times, Sunday Times Last year, the committee recommended introducing a statutory time limit and judicial oversight on detention. Times,Sunday Times (2020) In August, public debt approached its statutory maximum limit. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Refer to your contract to check your entitlement as some employers offer more generous packages than the statutory limit. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He or she will be aged between 27 and 37 (although they will stretch the limit by a couple of years for exceptional candidates). Times, Sunday Times The vastness and minuteness of this display stretched the limits of the imagination. Times, Sunday Times What followed stretched the limits of credulity. The Sun It stretched the limits of credulity. The Sun But the numbers were stretching the limits of reason and belief. The Sun Allow yourself a little money for going out but set yourself a strict limit. The Sun Under the new rules of engagement, there will be a strict limit on the use of airstrikes to protect civilians and populated areas. Times, Sunday Times Businesses have warned ministers that a strict limit on numbers could stop them filling vacancies and recruiting people with specific skills in areas such as social care. Times, Sunday Times There's a strict limit to what they can convey. Times, Sunday Times Forums usually have very strict limit on what can be attached and what can not (among which the size of the files in question). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So, under strictly controlled conditions - we closed the road for the experiment - we decided to test the limit to breaking point. Times, Sunday Times Liberal interventionists may, in time, want to test that limit. Times, Sunday Times People come here to drink and test the limits of their dignity. Times, Sunday Times He regularly went off-piste and tested the limits of his skill and daring. Times, Sunday Times Letting family members test your limits can be good as long as you know when to stop. The Sun It has a theoretical limit of 12 bricks per minute under automatic controls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Alternatively sixteen half-duplex lines running at 1200 cps (9600 bit/s) would be the theoretical limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2006, no existing encoding system approached this theoretical limit, even with wavelength division multiplexing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would give a theoretical limit of a million cps (eighty 9600 bit/s half-duplex lines). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As long as the machine was fast enough, there was no theoretical limit to the complexity of the simulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twenty-five percent was thus the upper limit beyond which oxygen could not rise. Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007) Set an upper limit - and stick to it! The Sun (2011) There is no upper age limit and you can withdraw your savings as needed. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 限度, 限制 Japanese: 限界, 制限する |
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