limits
n. 境界( limit的名詞複數 ); 界限; 限度; 限額
A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible.
Her love for him was being tested to its limits...
她對他的愛經受著極其嚴峻的考驗。
There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day...
每天食用多少新鮮水果都可以。
A limit of a particular kind is the largest or smallest amount of something such as time or money that is allowed because of a rule, law, or decision.
The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...
3個月的限期截至6月中旬。
The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.
經濟部長宣佈了對石油銷售的限制。
The limit of an area is its boundary or edge.
...the city limits of Baghdad.
巴格達市區
The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible.
She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget...
她不得不在相當緊張的預算範圍內精打細算。
He outlined the limits of British power.
他勾畫了英國的勢力範圍。
If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree.
He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...
他對該國外債的償還作出了限制。
The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million.
這一觀點認為經濟將會增長2.25%,這將把失業人數限定在250萬左右。
If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced.
It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week...
現在人們已經接受,男性一週飲酒量不應超過20個單位。
Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each.
選民削減了市政會委員的薪酬,並且限定他們每人只配一個工作人員。
If something is limited to a particular place or group of people, it exists only in that place, or is had or done only by that group.
The protests were not limited to New York...
抗議活動不只限於紐約。
Entry to this prize draw is limited to UK residents.
這次抽獎只限英國公民參加。
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...
沉船方圓一英里內仍然禁止進入。
These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.
這些建築禁止普通公民入內。
If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it.
Smoking was off limits everywhere.
到處都禁止吸菸。
If someone is over the limit, they have drunk more alcohol than they are legally allowed to when driving a vehicle.
If police breathalyse me and find I am over the limit I face a long ban...
如果警察對我作呼氣測醉試驗,發現我飲酒過量,我將會被禁駕很長時間。
He was found to be three times over the limit.
他血液中的酒精濃度是允許極限的3倍。
If you say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful.
They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit.
他們發現,就收入和事業成功來講,多高都有可能的。
If you add within limits to a statement, you mean that it is true or applies only when talking about reasonable or normal situations.
In the circumstances we'll tell you what we can, within limits, of course, and in confidence.
在這種情況下,我們會把能告訴你的都告訴你,當然這是有限度的,而且需要保密。
I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!
我已經受夠了——即使是聖人忍耐也是有限的!
She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget.
她不得不在相當緊張的預算範圍內精打細算。
The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.
經濟部長宣佈了對石油銷售的限制。
Cream cleansers are totally off limits for oily skin.
油性面板不能使用潔面霜。
A one-mile area around the wreck is still off limits.
沉船方圓一英里內仍然禁止進入。