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lim.it5lIm7Itn [U]the greatest amount, number or level of something that is either possible or allowed界限，限额What's the limit on how many bottles of wine you can bring through customs?你可以携带多少瓶酒通过海关？I think we ought to put a strict limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project.我认为我们应严格限制我们可以在此项目上投入的时间 。There's a limit to the number of times I can stop what I'm doing just so I can help him!我因能够停下手头在做的事情的次数有限而不能多帮他。We set a (time) limit of thirty minutes for the test.我们限定考试的时间为30分钟。Finally, she had reached the limit of her patience.最终她的忍耐达到了极限。(infml dated) A limit is also the amount of something that is enough and not too much.限度Three martini cocktails are my limit.我最多只能喝三杯马提尼鸡尾酒。I won't have any more -- I know my limit!我不能再吃了，我知道自己的饭量。(disapproving) Some viewers thought the programme overstepped (= went too far past) the limit (of good taste).有些观众认为该节目演得有点过头了。(dated infml) Something can be described as the limit if it is so annoying or inconvenient that it is impossible to bear.忍耐的限度And now you're cutting your toenails in bed! -- That really is the limit!你现在竟然开始在床上剪趾甲了！那也太过分了！People refer to the (legal) limit meaning the largest amount of alcohol that is legally allowed to be present in the blood while a person is driving a vehicle.血液中所含酒精浓度She was prosecuted for driving above/over the limit.她因驾车时血液中酒精含量过高而受到起诉。The level of alcohol in his blood was well below the limit.他血液中的酒精浓度大大低于规定限度。
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