limit
美 [ˈlɪmɪt] 
英 ['lɪmɪt]
- n.极限；限制；限度；界限
- v.限制；限量；限定；减量
- 网络范围；局限；限额
词形变化
复数：limits 现在分词：limiting 过去式：limited 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ (to sth) 限度；限制a point at which sth stops being possible or existing |
| There is a limit to the amount of pain we can bear. 我们能忍受的疼痛是有限度的。 |
| The team performed to the limit of its capabilities. 这个队已竭尽全力。 |
| She knew the limits of her power. 她知道自己的权限。 |
| to push/stretch/test sb/sth to the limit 最大限度地推╱拉╱考查某人（或某物） |
| His arrogance knew(= had) no limits . 他极其傲慢。 |
2. | ~ (on sth) 极限；限量；限额the greatest or smallest amount of sth that is allowed |
| a time/speed/age limit 时间╱速度╱年龄限制 |
| The EU has set strict limits on levels of pollution. 欧盟对污染程度作了严格的限制。 |
| They were travelling at a speed that was double the legal limit . 他们正以两倍于法定限速的速度行驶。 |
| You can't drive─you're over the limit(= you have drunk more alcohol than is legal when driving) . 你饮酒过量，不能驾车。 |
3. | （地区或地方的）境界，界限，范围the furthest edge of an area or a place |
| We were reaching the limits of civilization. 我们快到蛮荒地界了。 |
| the city limits(= the imaginary line which officially divides the city from the area outside) 城市境界 |
1. | ~ sth (to sth) 限制；限定to stop sth from increasing beyond a particular amount or level |
| measures to limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars 限制汽车二氧化碳排放的措施 |
| The amount of money you have to spend will limit your choice. 你要消费的金额会限制你的选择。 |
2. | ~ yourself/sb (to sth) 限量；减量to restrict or reduce the amount of sth that you or sb can have or use |
| Families are limited to four free tickets each. 每户限发四张免费票。 |
| I've limited myself to 1 000 calories a day to try and lose weight. 我为了减肥，限定自己每天摄入 1 000 卡的热量。 |
习惯用语
be the limit
极其令人讨厌to be extremely annoying
within limits
在某种程度上；有一定限制to some extent; with some restrictions
| I'm willing to help, within limits. 我愿意帮忙，可有一定的限度。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
The policeman told him that he had been exceeding the speed limit and asked to see his documents.
警察说他一直在超速驾驶并要求看他的证件。
Merkel acts like she's doing so much. But Germany still builds coal-burning power plants and has no speed limit.
默克尔似乎采取了很多措施，但德国依然在建燃煤发电站，仍没有速度限制。
David Wu of Oregon said he would step down following the resolution of the debt limit crisis in Washington.
俄勒冈选区的吴振伟宣布他将在美国国会债务危机解决后正式辞职。
The parks themselves are limited in extent--there is only one Yosemite Valley--whereas population seems to grow without limit.
公园范围是有限的—只有一个优胜美谷—但人口增长没有限制。
The Volt starts out on battery power, but a small petrol engine provides power to a generator when the battery reaches its limit.
沃特开始由电池驱动，但当电池电量达到下限时，一个小型汽油引擎会向发动机提供动力。
In case rooms in a building with workshop or warehouse have already been used as dormitory, the problem shall be solved within a time limit.
在设有车间或者仓库的建筑物内，已经设置员工集体宿舍的，应当限期加以解决。
As for the other demands, Mr Monti said he would stand aside rather than accept a time limit, insisting on serving until 2013.
至于其他要求，蒙蒂说他不能接受时间期限，他坚持任职到2013年。
If the total number of open HTTP connections reaches the connection limit on an HTTP server, you are likely to see timed-out connections.
如果一个HTTP服务器上打开的HTTP连接数量达到了连接上限，你很可能看到连接断开。
In the meantime, President Obama wants to limit new oil drilling and exploration, at least for a while.
同时，奥巴马总统希望限制新的石油钻探和开采工作，至少要限制一段时间。
The total size of content in the Team Foundation source control server has no limit.
TeamFoundation源代码管理服务器中内容的总大小没有限制。
But now that she was stung to a fever by Izz's tale there was a limit to her powers of renunciation.
但是现在伊茨的故事刺激了她，才使她感到她忍耐的程度是有限度的。
You can limit your losses by deciding how much you'll spend, before you start! See what our group does on their first visit to the casino.
要减少损失，就在开始之前决定你的赌注吧！看看我们的朋友第一次去赌场是怎么做的。
Because there's a limit to how much visual information the brain can process, it tends to pay attention to one thing at a time.
因为大脑处理视觉信息的能力有限，因此每次只能注意一个东西。
He said this could derail international efforts in terms of trying to limit potential climate change.
他认为，这将令国际社会减少大气变化的努力严重受挫。
Too much of a good thing can cause harm: High amounts of vitamins in supplements plus what you get in food can put you over the safe limit.
好的东西太多会造成伤害：营养补充品维生素含量过高，加上你从食物中获取的营养会使你超出安全标准。
That suggests there is some kind of upper limit to how much people can or should pay attention.
这儿有些建议说，在人们所能或者所应该得到的注意力集中程度是有上限的。
It is possible, however, to limit the selector to only the direct (first generation, so to speak) child of the ancestor, or parent.
但是，选择符也可以只选择祖先（或父）元素的直接后代（即子元素）。
Similarly, if a pre-existing icy body were to be placed within Saturn's Roche limit, it would be destroyed by the planet's tides.
同样的，如果在土星洛希极限内存在一个冰质天体，它必然的会被潮汐力摧毁。
There's just a limit to the extent to which the carmakers can scale up tech employment.
汽车制造商增加技术人才雇用的程度是有限的。
English is like an ocean. There is no limit to what you can learn. You cannot learn aimlessly.
英语像海洋。你所学无边无际。你不能漫无目的地学习。
The limit stop must be able to protect the pickoff if the plates are driven together with an appreciable force.
当两板受很大的力被迫接近时，制动销应能保护信号传感器使不受损坏。
You cannot go so far up the ladder, and then not go to the limit just because you are a woman.
你们不要因为自己是妇女，就登上梯子而不爬到顶点。
This will help to overcome problems of apparent bimodality caused by the presence of many below-detection-limit values in a data set.
这将有助于克服因数据组中有大量低于捡出限的数值而出双模态性的问题。
There is no such desire on the part of the growing pig to limit its rate of fat production.
生长猪没有必要限制它的脂肪生长速度。
The shorter the wavelength, the smaller the limit of resolution of a microscope.
波长越短，显微镜的分辨限就越小。
The limit occurs when the ordinate deviates appreciably from unity.
这个限度发生在纵坐标明显地从单位1偏离的时候。
The same motives which lead men to marry late also lead them to limit their families.
就是那些引导人延迟结婚的动机，也引导人们限制他们的生育。
The fatal limit always stopped travellers.
旅行家们总是被那道不可逾越的界线阻挡住。
In the limit, for very weak rock, settlement at the boundary can also occur before the separation crack.
在极限情况下，对于非常软弱的岩石，形成分离裂缝之前，也会发生边界处的沉陷。
Light sets the speed limit for nature.
光速限定了自然界的速率极限。
He was breaking the speed limit.
他违章超速驾驶。
The speed limit is 40 miles an hour. Don't exceed this maximum.
限速每小时四十英里，不要超过这个极限。
Without doubt, however, there will be a natural limit to how much time per week people will spend online.
然而毫无疑问的是总会有一个自然的界限限制人们每周花在网络上的时间。
Professor Heather said the 'binge drinking limit' could be set to eight units a day, 'or maybe a bit lower'.
希瑟教授说，限酒令将每天喝酒的量规定在8个单位以内，或者比这个更低。
Can we say again that you are not the victims of the circumstances, as you all knew that this lifetime would test you to the limit.
我们可以再说一遍吗，你们不是环境的牺牲品，因为你们全都知道这一生会测试你们到最大限度。
However, the top limit for the number of such delivery systems may be one of the main sticking points in the next three months of talks.
然而，这些投送装备数量上限的限制可能会在接下来三个月的对话中成为主要的症结之一。
But there's a limit to how much credit is reasonable.
但是该获得多少荣誉为合理呢，要有个界限。
The target limit is short at the early stage, but tends to be longer when the inflation is stable.
在初期阶段目标期限偏短，在通货膨胀稳定时期，目标期限有加长的倾向。
While he didn't rule out an expansion of that program, he said there was a limit to how much it could accomplish.
虽然他没有排除扩大上述方案规模的可能性，但表示这样做的程度是有限的。
First, the Bank of Japan's "debt monetization" close to the limit, no longer be sustainable.
首先，日本央行的“公债货币化”接近极限，不再具可持续性。
There is nothing love cannot face. There is no limit to its faith, its hope and its endurance .
没有什么是爱所不能面对的。它的忠诚、希望和耐力都是无限的。
The limit load would be overestimated if only one element was used for a tapered member.
若仅用一个单元代表一个楔形截面构件就会高估极限承载能力。
The size of the limit was irrelevant, I merely wanted another line of credit on my nascent credit report to help build it out.
卡是何款式无关紧要，我所关心的是用卡中贷款额度大小建立信用记录的。
Limit how much TV and images you see of the disaster. Remind yourself that feelings of upset will fade and disappear.
限制那些会使你回想起痛苦感觉的对关于灾难的电视和图片的收看。
He mentions that everything we share is in the "public domain, " so people might as well get used to it or limit what they say.
他提到，我们分享的所有东西都在“公共领域”里，因此人们倒不如习惯于这一点，或者约束自己的言辞。
Putting a simple and easy-to-use mobile OS onto desktops and laptops would limit errors by users and simplify existing file-based computing.
将一个简单易用的手机操作系统植入到台机和笔记本上，将限制用户的错误同时简化现在基于文件计算。
It does not limit me, I've been training with it for two months and I've got used to wearing it very easily. I have nothing to fear.
这个头盔并不会限制我，我已经带着它训练了两个月，适应这个头盔的过程很容易，我并不会担心什么。
The only limit to the fun is the imagination of the designers of the thrill rides. It seems to be endless.
对于这种乐趣的唯一限制是惊险车乘的设计者的想象力。设计工作是无穷无尽的。
to see their sweet looks directed towards me with affection, was the utmost limit of my ambition.
能得到他们充满关爱的神情就是我最大的愿望。
As you can see from above, I find it unlikely that the differences between the high and low energy limit will have such a huge effect.
正如你从上文中所看到的，我发现高能量和低能量极限之间的区别不可能产生如此巨大的效应。
There is a limit to how much you can control your job security. So bolstering your cash may be your best bet for boosting your morale.
你如何掌控你的职业安全是有限度的，所以能让你斗志高涨的最好办法就是支持现金。
They soon realised that this was not clever and got together to hammer out an agreement to limit central-bank sales to 400 tonnes a year.
伹不久，他们意识到这是不明智的。于是，这些银行联合制定了一个限制央行一年只能出售400斤黄金的协议。
