1 N-COUNT [usually singular] 极限 A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. 极限
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Her love for him was being tested to its limits.
她对他的爱经受着极其严峻的考验。
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There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day. [+ to]
每天食用多少新鲜水果都可以。
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Firefighters are being stretched to the limit as fire sweeps through the drought-stricken state.
火势在这个遭受旱灾的州里迅速蔓延，消防队员疲于应对，接近极限。
SYN end, bound, ultimate, deadline
2 N-COUNT （特定的）限期，限额，限度 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. （特定的）限期，限额，限度
3 N-COUNT （区域的）界限 The limit of an area is its boundary or edge. （区域的）界限
4 N-PLURAL （可能行动或结果的）范围 The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible. （可能行动或结果的）范围
SYN limitation, maximum, restriction, ceiling
5 VERB 限制；限定 If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. 限制；限定
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He limited payments on the country's foreign debt. [VERB noun]
他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。
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The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million. [VERB noun + to]
这一观点认为经济将会增长2.25%，这将把失业人数限定在250万左右。
SYN restrict, control, check, fix
6 VERB 使（某人）受限 If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced. 使（某人）受限 [Also VERB pron-reflexive]
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It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to]
现在人们已经接受，男性一周饮酒量不应超过20个单位。
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Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each. [VERB noun + to]
选民削减了市政会委员的薪酬，并且限定他们每人只配一个工作人员。
7 VERB [usually passive] （使）限于（某一地方或群体） 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. （使）限于（某一地方或群体）
8 See also: age limit limited
9 PHRASE 禁止进入 If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. 禁止进入
10 PHRASE 被禁止 If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it. 被禁止
11 PHRASE （驾驶时）血液中酒精浓度超标的 If someone is over the limit, they have drunk more alcohol than they are legally allowed to when driving a vehicle. （驾驶时）血液中酒精浓度超标的 [British]
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If police breathalyse me and find I am over the limit I face a long ban.
如果警察对我作呼气测醉试验，发现我饮酒过量，我将会被禁驾很长时间。
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He was found to be three times over the limit.
他血液中的酒精浓度是允许极限的3倍。
12 PHRASE 没有任何限制；一切都是可能的（或能达到的） If you say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful. 没有任何限制；一切都是可能的（或能达到的）
13 PHRASE 在一定范围内；有限度地 If you add within limits to a statement, you mean that it is true or applies only when talking about reasonable or normal situations. 在一定范围内；有限度地
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In the circumstances we'll tell you what we can, within limits, of course, and in confidence.
在这种情况下，我们会把能告诉你的都告诉你，当然这是有限度的，而且需要保密。
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | limit Also look up: |
| N. | ceiling, maximum 1 border, edge, extremity, perimeter 3 |
| VERB. | cap, check, confine, reduce, restrict 5 |
| Word Partnership | Use limit with: |
| ADJ. | lower limit, upper limit 1 2 legal limit 2 |
| PREP. | beyond the limit, over the limit 2 |
| N. | credit limit, term limit, time limit 2 limit the amount of something, limit benefits, limit damage, limit growth, limit the number of something, limit spending 5 |
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