英语词汇“off limits”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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.

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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.

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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.

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off limits in British English

out of bounds

forbidden to do or use

smoking was off limits everywhere

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off limits in British English

adjective (off-limits when prenominal)

not to be entered; out of bounds

(of an activity) not allowed

Fraternizing with the customers is off limits.

(of a substance) not allowed to be used or consumed

Cream cleansers are totally off limits for oily skin.

adverb

in or into an area forbidden by regulations

off-limits in British English

(ˌɒfˈlɪmɪts)

adjective

not to be entered; out of bounds

The Eastern Zone was now off-limits to me.

Downing Street has been off-limits to the general public since 1982.

Certain areas have been declared off-limits to servicemen.

(of an activity) not allowed

Fraternizing with the customers is off-limits.

(of a substance) not allowed to be used or consumed

Cream cleansers are totally off-limits for oily skin.

off-limits in American English

(ˈɔfˈlɪmɪts)

adjective

designated as a place that cannot be entered, visited, or patronized by a specified group

off limits

if an area is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. If a thing is off limits,you are not allowed to use it or do it

The area was kept off limits to foreign journalists until early this year.

Examples of 'off limits' in a sentence
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The coffee bar in the sixth-form centre was famously off limits to teachers.Almost all are now off-limits to all but the rich.So there are far fewer subjects that are off-limits than before.No subject is off-limits to either writer.No adults were invited and no subject was off-limits.It is not the only subject that is off-limits.Leather and fur products are strictly off-limits.Perhaps certain names ought to remain off-limits.The protest camp there was dismantled in a night raid earlier this week and it is now off-limits.

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释义	Trends of off limits View usage for: 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. See full dictionary entry for limit 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. See full dictionary entry for limit 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. [Also + for] off limits in British English a. out of bounds b. forbidden to do or use smoking was off limits everywhere See full dictionary entry for limit off limits in British English adjective (off-limits when prenominal) 1. not to be entered; out of bounds 2. (of an activity) not allowed Fraternizing with the customers is off limits. 3. (of a substance) not allowed to be used or consumed Cream cleansers are totally off limits for oily skin. adverb 4. in or into an area forbidden by regulations off-limits in British English (ˌɒfˈlɪmɪts) adjective 1. not to be entered; out of bounds The Eastern Zone was now off-limits to me. Downing Street has been off-limits to the general public since 1982. Certain areas have been declared off-limits to servicemen. 2. (of an activity) not allowed Fraternizing with the customers is off-limits. 3. (of a substance) not allowed to be used or consumed Cream cleansers are totally off-limits for oily skin. off-limits in American English (ˈɔfˈlɪmɪts) adjective designated as a place that cannot be entered, visited, or patronized by a specified group off limits if an area is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. If a thing is off limits,you are not allowed to use it or do it The area was kept off limits to foreign journalists until early this year. Examples of 'off limits' in a sentence off limits The coffee bar in the sixth-form centre was famously off limits to teachers. David Cavanagh MUSIC FOR BOYS (2003) Almost all are now off-limits to all but the rich. Times, Sunday Times (2011) So there are far fewer subjects that are off-limits than before. Times, Sunday Times (2013) No subject is off-limits to either writer. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) No adults were invited and no subject was off-limits. The Sun (2014) It is not the only subject that is off-limits. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Leather and fur products are strictly off-limits. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Perhaps certain names ought to remain off-limits. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The protest camp there was dismantled in a night raid earlier this week and it is now off-limits. Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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