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| 1 | to prevent a number , amount , or effect from increasing past a particular point 限制；限度 |
| The hospital limits the number of visitors a patient can have. 医院限制探访病人者的数量。 |
| The residents’ main demand is to limit the amount of heavy traffic using the street. 这些居民的主要要求是限制这条街道上运货车辆的通行数量。 |
| The regulations are designed to limit environmental damage. 制定这些条例的目的是限制对环境的破坏。 |
| limit sth to sth The prime minister has pledged to limit classes to a maximum of 30 pupils. 首相作出保证要把小学班级人数限定在30人以内。 |
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| 2 | to reduce or control someone’ s freedom to do what they want or someone’ s ability to be effective 限制，降低（某人的自由或能力） |
| Lack of adequate testing limits the effectiveness of the research. 不正确的测试降低了该研究的有效性。 |
| limit sb to sth Our remit limits us to recommendations concerning the law of insolvency. 我们的职权范围只允许我们提供一些关于破产法方面的咨询意见。 |
| limit yourself Most people limit themselves to a few techniques that work best for them. 绝大部分人只掌握几种对自己最适用的技巧。 |
| be limited by sth They were limited by the amount of money they could spend on the production. 他们可用于生产的资金数额受到了限制。 |
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| 3 | usually passive if something is limited to a particular place or group , it happens only in that place or within that group 把…限定在（某地或某团体内） |
| be limited to NATO officials said that the air strikes were limited to military targets. 北大西洋公约组织的官员声称他们只对军事目标进行空袭。 |
| The right to vote was limited to heads of households and married women. 只有一家之长和已婚妇女才拥有投票权。 |
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