| 单词 | off limits |
| 释义 | off limits phrase See full dictionary entry for limit 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. off limits phrase [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] See full dictionary entry for limit If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it. Smoking was off limits everywhere. off limits also off-limits 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If a place is off limits to someone, they are not allowed to go there. Downing Street has been off limits to the general public since 1982. [+ to] Certain areas have been declared off limits to servicemen. [+ to] 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that an activity or a substance is off limits for someone, you mean that they are not allowed to do it or have it. Fraternizing with the customers is off-limits. Cream cleansers are totally off limits for oily skin. Collocations: off-limits area About 10,000 left the off-limits area during the voluntary evacuation period, and avoided internment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trials showed the tests doubled the number of admissions about contacting victims or visiting off-limits areas. The Sun The priesthood would indicate off-limits areas and the consequences of disobedience. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Methods include destruction of the cell or compound walls, squeezing through tight spaces, or entering off-limits areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The object of this gamelike many other playground gameswas simply to inflict pain on classmates, and was thus often played in relatively obscure or off-limits areas of the playground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cooked food or cut fruits and vegetables are strictly off-limits. Chicago Sun-Times Reporters were warned that questions on any non-footballing matters were strictly off-limits, before a statement was handed out. Times, Sunday Times However, the subject was declared strictly off-limits at the conference. Times, Sunday Times |
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