| 单词 | within limits |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithin limits P3. within limits: to a moderate extent, up to a point; with a limited degree of freedom. Earliest in to speak within limits: to speak guardedly, cautiously, without exaggeration (now rare). ΚΠ 1800 E. Law Speech House of Lords in Acct. Proc. Merchants Wool & Woolen Trade iv. 51 I am sure I am speaking within limits when I state that the diminution of hands employed is at least in the proportion of three persons out of four. 1832 R. Dunglison Human Physiol. II. 194 It is only within limits, that this refrigeratory action is sufficient. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire To ‘speak i' compass’ is to speak within limits, to speak guardedly. 1918 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 38 124 Correction in such cases is needed within limits. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xx. 228 I thought that archbishops certainly ought to protect their clergy, within limits. 1999 J. M. Coetzee Disgrace (2000) i. 3 Though by occupation she is a loose woman he trusts her, within limits. < as lemmas |
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