| 单词 | limit |
| 释义 | lim·it I. 1. a. < at the exact northern limit of this valley — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < just outside the three-mile limit — Beverly Smith > — often used in plural < kept within the limits of Detroit — American Guide Series: Michigan > b. limits plural < into the limits of the North they came — John Milton > < the first collegiate foundation in the limits of the present U.S. — K.B.Murdock > 2. a. < simple-minded because of the limits to his experience — Margaret F. Richey > < discover the relationships of meanings within the limits of his form — W.V.O'Connor > < cooperate within limits > b. < pushed to the limit to meet these demands — R.E.Barnaby > < a veteran operator who can be trusted to the limit — Tris Coffin > < the sky's the limit > 3. < the sadness is without limit — Shakespeare > < her opportunity is practically without limit other than the limitation of her own ability — G.W.Johnson > 4. 5. < the store set a limit of five pounds of coffee to a customer during the sale > < suggested lowering the age limit for voting from 21 to 18 > as a. < so many ducks that limit bags are almost routine among competent hunters — Scott Young > b. (1) < playing blackjack, two cents' limit — Hamilton Basso > (2) < set a limit of 1 a.m. > 6. a. < the limit of (x2-1) ÷ (x-1) as x approaches 1 is 2 > b. < the limit of the sequence 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, … n/(n+1) as n becomes large is 1 > c. 7. < the plungers and cylinders of the injection system are fitted to extremely close limits — William Landon > 8. < I've seen bad weather, but this is the limit > 9. < a good pitcher but he couldn't go the limit > < although he went the limit he lost the fight on points > II. 1. < no end is limited to damned souls — Christopher Marlowe > — now used chiefly in legal terms 2. obsolete < 'tis my limited service — Shakespeare > 3. a. < limits itself to fresh water — Richard Semon > < must limit itself to functions which are consistent with the needs of collective defense — A.O.Wolfess > < the town is pleasantly limited — William Sansom > < persons whose musical experience is limited — Virgil Thomson > b. < could limit production and marketing of dairy products — Wall Street Journal > < medical science knows how to limit these evils — C.W.Eliot > 4. archaic < a stone wall limits the farm on the west > Synonyms: < the airplane has possibilities so many that fancy cannot limit them — B.N.Cardozo > < limiting the purposes for which public funds could be appropriated — Americana Annual > restrict may imply a narrow limitation, a more sharp and severe constriction or checking than limit < the decision to restrain French influence … and to restrict it to the frontiers of his own choosing — Hilaire Belloc > < combinations have arisen which restrict the very freedom that Bentham sought to attain — O.W.Holmes †1935 > circumscribe may suggest a bounding circle, often close and narrow, preventing free outward range or activity, in other words, an encompassing restriction < think that the emotional range … of drama is limited and circumscribed by verse — T.S.Eliot > < the Government's … imposition of restrictions and quotas that have circumscribed the conduct of publishing so radically — Times Literary Supplement > confine is the strongest in this set in indicating bounds not to be passed; it suggests close cramping restriction, hindrance by encircling environment, or exclusion seemingly arbitrary or, at any rate, positive < strong congressional leaders have always sought to confine the President to mere administration — Alan Barth > < must confine himself to inferior jobs allotted to his kind — Ruth Benedict > |
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