limit

n. 限制；限度；界线

vt. 限制；限定

n.

限制；限量，限度；界限；

vt.

限制，限定；

变形

复数：limits过去式：limited现在分词：limiting第三人称单数：limits

双语释义

[C]限度,限制 the farthest point or edge, which can't or must not be passed

[U]极限,极点 the most that is allowed

vt. 限制;限定 line or point that cannot be passed;put a limit to;restrict;be the limit of

英英释义

limit[ 'limit ]

n.

the greatest possible degree of something

"to the limit of his ability"

同义词：boundboundary

final or latest limiting point

同义词：terminus ad quemterminal point

the boundary of a specific area

同义词：demarcationdemarcation line

as far as something can go

the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

同义词：limit pointpoint of accumulation

the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

"there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"

同义词：limitation

v.

place limits on (extent or access)

"limit the time you can spend with your friends"

同义词：restrictrestraintrammelboundconfinethrottle

restrict or confine,

"I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

同义词：circumscribeconfine

decide upon or fix definitely

同义词：specifysetdeterminefix

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

cut out the age limit取消年龄限制

fix the limit确定限度

go beyond the limit超过限度

go the limit走极端,(球赛)打完全场(全局)

increase the limit提高限度

mark the limits标出界线

pass the limit超过界限

place the limit局限于…

push sb to the limit逼迫某人到无法容忍的地步,逼使某人竭尽全力

put a limit进行限制

reach the limit达到极限

set a limit规定限度

形容词+～

broad limit宽的限度

certain limit一定的限度

final limit最后限度

narrow limit窄范围的限制

normal limit正常界限

proper limit适当限度

strict limit严格限制

true limit真正的限制

名词+～

age limit年龄限制

city limit市区范围

danger limit危险界限

safety limit安全线

speed limit极限速度

time limit时限

weight limit极限重量

～+名词

limit value极限值

介词+～

above the limit超出限度

below the limit未超过限度

beyond the limit超出限度

over the limit超出限度

to the limit到顶点

within limit在一定的范围内

～+介词

limit on对…的限制

limit to对…的限制

limit to everything对一切的限度

limit to man's energy人的精力的限度

limit to the expense of the trip旅费多少的限度

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

limit military expenditure限制军费开支

limit sb's powers限制某人的权力

limit the landing speed of aircraft限制了飞机的着陆速度

limit the number of cigarettes限制香烟的数目

～+副词

limit absolutely坚决地限制

limit appropriately适当地限制

limit conventionally按常规限制

limit definitely明确地限制

limit deliberately故意限制

limit desperately不顾一切地限制

limit disastrously灾难性地限制

limit earnestly非常认真地限制

limit economically经济上地限制

limit eternally永久地限制

limit fastidiously挑剔地限制

limit generally一般地限制

limit immediately立即限制

limit indirectly间接限制

limit insufficiently不严格地限制

limit intentionally有目的地限制

limit interestingly有趣地限制

limit irrefutably无可辩驳地限制

limit irrevocably无法改变地限制

limit laboriously吃力地限制

limit logically情理之中地限制

limit markedly明显地限制

limit mercilessly无情地限制

limit morally道义上限制

limit obviously明显地限制

limit originally最初限制

limit practically实际上限制

limit quietly悄悄地限制

limit recklessly不顾后果地限制

limit reluctantly不情愿地限制

limit rigidly严格地限制

limit ruthlessly无情地限制

limit satisfactorily令人满意地限制

limit savagely野蛮地限制

limit scathingly不留情地限制

limit scientifically科学地限制

limit scurrilously以下流方式限制

limit skillfully熟练地限制

limit speciously特别地限制

limit spectacularly特殊地限制

limit starkly严格地限制

limit superficially表面上限制

limit tactfully巧妙地限制

limit technically技术上限制

limit theoretically理论上限制

limit thoroughly全面地限制

limit tyrannically专横地限制

limit unaccountably莫名其妙地限制

limit unexpectedly出乎意外地限制

limit uniformly一致地限制

limit unquestionably毫无疑问地限制

limit unreasonably不合理地限制

limit uselessly无用地限制

～+介词

limit at 6000限制在6000名

limit by sex受性别的限制

limit in number数目限制

limit in time时间有限

limit in ways办法有限

limit to限制…在…之内

词组短语

time limit期限；限期

upper limit上限；最高极限

speed limit速度限制；最高车速

to the limit到顶点；到最大限度

without limit无限制地

lower limit下限

maximum limit最大限度

detection limit探测范围；检测极限

limit state极限状态

limit analysis极限分析；限分析

off limits范围外；限度外

limit value极限值

limit load极限载荷

age limit年龄限制

plastic limit塑性极限；塑性限度

limit cycle极限环；极限周值

limit switch[电]限位开关；极限开关

fatigue limit疲劳极限；疲劳限界

liquid limit液限；[化]流限

credit limit[经]信贷限额

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“边界，边境”的意思，其区别是：

limit含义广泛，常用作复数。指任何界限、范围、分界线外面的部分，可指有形或无形的东西。

frontier指两国接壤的前沿地区，属于各国的国境和边疆，多指设防的边界。

bounds常与boundary换用，指土地边界，但意思不如boundary明确，主要用于抽象事物和文学作品中。

border多指国与国之间或两地区的分界处，即分界线附近的边缘部分。

boundary侧重地图上正式标定的、双方遵守的边界，也可指较小行政单位间的界线。

limit（能力或数量上）有限的

restrain抑制的，遏制的，可指彻底阻止也可指将……纳入控制、约束之中，强迫意味，可表示自我抑制vt

bind有约束力的

confine（空间上）受限的

这组词都有“限制，限定”的意思，其区别是：

limit一般指事先确定空间、时间或数量的极限，一旦超越限度，就会造成不良结果。当然也可指不事先规定，而且自然的或固有的界限。

restrict指把某人或物限制在一定范围之内。

confine侧重施加不可逾越的限制，有时暗示束缚、囚禁。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Her ambition knows no limit.
她的野心没有限度。

I'll help as much as I can, but there is a limit to what I can do.
我会尽力帮忙，但我所能做的也是有限度的。

His speech ran over the time limit.
他的讲话超过了规定的时间限制。

That fence is the limit of the schoolyard.
那堵围墙是校园的界限。

用作及物动词(vt.)

We must limit our spending.
我们必须限制我们的开支。

I shall limit myself to three aspects of the subject.
我仅探讨这一问题的三个方面。

We must limit the amount of money we spend.
我们必须限定花钱的数量。

权威例句

limit

limit: [14] Latin līmes originally denoted a ‘path between fields’, but it became extended metaphorically to any ‘boundary’ or ‘limit’, and that was the sense in which English acquired it (in its stem form līmit-).=> lintel

limit (n.)

c. 1400, "boundary, frontier," from Old French limite "a boundary," from Latin limitem (nominative limes) "a boundary, limit, border, embankment between fields," related to limen "threshold." Originally of territory; general sense from early 15c. Colloquial sense of "the very extreme, the greatest degree imaginable" is from 1904.

limit (v.)

late 14c., from Old French limiter "mark (a boundary), restrict; specify," from Latin limitare "to bound, limit, fix," from limes "boundary, limit" (see limit (n.)). Related: limited; limiting.

1. When designing for embedded systems, it’s important to limit the number of modes, and mode switches should ideally result naturally from situational changes in context.

设计嵌入系统，要限制模式的数量，这很重要，并且模式的切换最好是可以在情境转换时自然地进行。

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2. Rather, market segments can act as an initial filter to limit the scope of interviews to people within target markets (see Figure 5-3).

更确切地说，市场角色划分可以作为最初的过滤器来限制目标市场内需要访谈的人的范围，如图5-3所示。

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3. Market segments can be used in the Research phase to limit the range of personas to target markets. However, there is seldom a one-to-one mapping between market segments and personas.

市场划分能够在研究阶段限制目标市场人物角色的范围，然而很少存在市场划分和人物角色之间一对一的映射。

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4. Teams should try to limit interviews to six per day, so that there is adequate time for debriefing and strategizing between interviews, and so that the interviewers do not get fatigued.

团队应该将访谈限制在每天6次，这样设计师有充足的时间在访谈之间做总结和调整策略，并且不会太累。

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5. We limit ourselves in terms of capabilities possible in an information medium, without reaping any of the benefits of the original mechanical medium.

这样我们既局限于信息媒介的能力，又没有从原始的机械方式中获得任何好处。

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6. People would much rather be presented with a control that embodies 7 as its bottom limit and 35 as its upper limit (clearly indicating these limits is also useful).

人们更希望这个控件是有边界的，其上限为35，而下限为7（清晰地告知用户这些界限也是非常有好处的）。

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7. Inconsiderate products supervise and pass judgment on human actions. Software is within its rights to express its opinion that we are making a mistake, but it is presumptuous for it to judge or limit our actions.

不体贴的软件监督并随意判断人的行动，当然软件可以认为我们犯了错。 但是它随意判断或者限制我们的行为，就显得太不体贴了。

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8. These steps are bounded—the value won’t go above the upper limit set by the program or below the lower limit.

每一步都是有界的，数值不会超过程序设置的最上限，也不会低于程序设定的最下限。

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9. Some programs set this limit too close, resulting in frustratingly temperamental scroll behavior.

一些程序将这种限制设置得太窄，导致滚屏的行为变幻无常，令人沮丧。

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10. Maybe a transaction can only be completed if the termination date is extended two weeks beyond the official limit. Most companies would rather fudge on the termination date than see a million-dollar deal go up in smoke.

如果终止日期比计划期限延长两星期，某个事务才能完成，多数公司宁愿延长计划期限，也不愿看到一个上百万美元的交易化为泡影。

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