the farthest point or edge, which can't or must not be passed
the most that is allowed
line or point that cannot be passed;put a limit to;restrict;be the limit of
"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"
"to the limit of his ability"
"there are limits on the amount you can bet"
"it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"
"restrict the use of this parking lot"
"limit the time you can spend with your friends"
"I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
"fix the variables"
"specify the parameters"
They reached the lower limits of Hampstead Heath.
出自: L. Cody
After dusk you could get outside the city limits.
出自: Jayne Phillips
Neither do I believe we can finish it..within the time limited us.
出自: Marvell
我们必须把开支限制在每月100美元。
We must limit the expense to what we can afford.
我们必须把开销限制在不超出我们经济能力的范围内。
He limited each person to one cup of tea.
他限制每人只喝一杯茶。
We limited our talk to ten minutes.
我们把我们的谈话限定在10分钟之内。
Let's limit our discussion to this subject.
咱们只讨论这个话题吧。
Our monitor will limit each speaker to five minutes.
我们班长将把每人的发言时间限定在5分钟以内。
I shall limit myself to three aspects of the subject.
我将从三个方面来讨论这个问题。
The author will limit himself to discussion of these two topics.
作者只准备讨论这两个题目。
The reception will be limited to a few close friends.
欢迎会只限于几个密友参加。
Each customer is limited to four tickets.
每人限购4张票。
Speeches were limited to ten minutes each.
每次发言限定在十分钟以内。
The content of our discussion today is not limited just to grammatical questions.
我们今天讨论的内容不限于语法问题。
The edition is limited to 1000 copies.
这一版书限出1000册。
误 There is a limit of my patience.
正 There is a limit to my patience.
析 表示“对…的限度”,应该说a limit to…,其中介词to不能换用of。
误 He will limit himself to discuss this topic.
正 He will limit himself to a discussion of this topic.
误 I'll limit myself to talk half an hour.
正 I'll limit myself to talking half an hour.
析 表示“将某人或某事限制在…”,应该说limit sb/sth to...,其中to是介词,而不是动词不定式的标记,后面可以跟名词或动名词作介词to的宾语。
误 Her diet was limited only to bread and water.
正 Her diet was limited to bread and water.
析 用了be limited to(只限于),再用only,就属多余了,可以把only删去。