| 单词 | limitation |
| 释义 | limitation (once / 495 pages) n A limitation is something that holds you back, like a broken leg that keeps you off the dance floor during prom season. A limitation could also be a rule that restricts what you can do, like needing to be a certain height to ride a roller coaster at an amusement park. It can also be a circumstance that hampers you, like a dead car that keeps you from traveling very far from home. The noun limitation comes up a lot in the law, especially in the phrase "statute of limitations," which dictates how long after a crime someone can be prosecuted for committing it. WORD FAMILYlimitation: limitations+/limit: limitation, limited, limiter, limiting, limitless, limits/limited: limitedly, limiteds, self-limited, unlimited/limiter: limiters/limitless: limitlessly, limitlessness/unlimited: unlimitedly USAGE EXAMPLESBetween the various funds and the statutory limitations placed on them, it’s hard to understand. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Since Amtrak’s accessible bedrooms extend the entire width of the train on the lower level, that may be a design limitation. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Pinon said as long as the country suffers from its logistical limitations, Mexicans will be paying “an internal overpricing” at the pumps. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) Syn|Hypo|Hyper restriction load-shedding cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply arms controla limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country hold-downa limitation or constraint freezefixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level clampdownsudden restriction on an activity hiring freezea freeze on hiring price freezea freeze of prices at a given level wage freezea freeze of wages at a given level regulating, regulation the act of controlling or directing according to rule 2n the quality of being limited or restricted it is a good plan but it has serious limitations Hyper disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position 3n the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight Syn|Hypo|Hyper limit extremum, peak the most extreme possible amount or value cutoffa designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated lower limit, minimumthe smallest possible quantity maximum, upper limitthe largest possible quantity indefinite quantity an estimated quantity 4n a principle that limits the extent of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper restriction narrowness a restriction of range or scope quantificationa limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') restrainta rule or condition that limits freedom floodgatesomething that restrains a flood or outpouring regulation, rule a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior 5n (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought statute of limitations Hyper time limit a time period within which something must be done or completed |
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