音标:['limit] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 界限, 边界, 限度, 极限, 限制
vt. 限制, 限定
n. the greatest possible degree of something
n. as far as something can go
n. the boundary of a specific area
n. the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
词型变化:名词复数形式 : limits ; 过去分词 : limited ; 第三人称单数 : limits ; 现在分词 : limiting ; 过去式 : limited
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研]
词性分布:
动词57%
名词43%

limit的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Her ambition knows no limit.她的野心没有限度。
  2. I'll help as much as I can, but there is a limit to what I can do.我会尽力帮忙,但我所能做的也是有限度的。
  3. His speech ran over the time limit.他的讲话超过了规定的时间限制。
  4. That fence is the limit of the schoolyard.那堵围墙是校园的界限。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. We must limit our spending.我们必须限制我们的开支。
  2. I shall limit myself to three aspects of the subject.我仅探讨这一问题的三个方面。
  3. We must limit the amount of money we spend.我们必须限定花钱的数量。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Everything has its limit.凡事都有个界限。
  2. His car exceeded the speed limit.他的汽车超过了限定的速度。
  3. The bank has written to say I've gone over my credit limit.银行写信来说我已经超过信用限额了。
  4. His ambition knows no limits.他的野心是无止境的。
  5. I can't walk ten miles,I know my limits.我走不了10英里,我知道自己体力的限度。
  6. He tried my patience to its limits.他把我逼得忍无可忍了。
  7. That is within the limits of my authority.这是我权限之内的事。
  8. As we grew older, we learn the limits of our abilities.当我们年龄越来越大时,就会知道自己能力有限了。
  9. He reached the limit of his resources.他已经无计可施了。
  10. It reached the limit of his patience.他到了忍无可忍的地步。
  11. I'll help as much as I can, but there's a limit to what I can do.我会尽力帮忙,但我所能做的也是有限度的。
  12. This is their way of telling her that there was a limit to what she could expect them to do for her.他们是这样告诉她的:她期望得到帮助是有限的。
  13. He sees no limits to man's progress.他认为人的进步是无限的。
  14. There is no limit to the child's imagination.那孩子的想象力是无限的。
  15. There isn't a limit to everything.并非对每件事都有限制。
  16. This is the third time in a week that the electricity supply has been cut off—it really is the limit.这已经是一个星期内第三次停电了,真叫人无法忍受。
  17. You're the limit!Can't you make your mind up!你真叫人受不了,难道你就不能作个决定。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n.
  1. He must limit the number of cigarettes he smokes.他必须限制他抽烟的数量。
  2. We must limit his spending.我们必须限制他的开销。
  3. The government plans to limit military expenditure.政府计划限制军费开支。
  4. Dikes limited the flood water.堤防挡住了洪水。
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  6. I should hate to be limited within the four walls of an office all day.我讨厌整天关在办公室里。
  7. As space is limited, it is impossible to publish all the messages we have received.限于篇幅,来函不能一一刊登。
  8. He found that his English was too limited.他发现他学的英语太有限了。
  9. He is limited in his knowledge of world affairs.他的国际事务知识有限。
  10. My power is limited.我的权力有限。
其他v -ed as Attrib.
  1. He is conscious of his limited achievements.他知道自己的成就很有限。
  2. Considering their limited human resources, they tackled first things first.考虑到人力有限,他们首先解决最迫切的问题。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
set a limit
    对…加以限制 of greatest amount be allowed or possible
within (the) limits
    不超出限度 not beyond a certain point, amount, time, etc.
用作动词(v.)
limit to (v.+prep.)
    (把…)限制在…,局限于… keep number or quantity at a low level;restrict;control or keep down tolimit sb/oneself/sth to sth

    We must limit the expenses to $100 a month.

    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。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • cut out the age limit取消年龄限制
  • fix the limit确定限度
  • go beyond the limit超过限度
  • go the limit走极端,(球赛)打完全场(全局)
  • increase the limit提高限度
  • mark the limits标出界线
  • pass the limit超过界限
  • place the limit局限于…
  • push sb to the limit逼迫某人到无法容忍的地步,逼使某人竭尽全力
  • put a limit进行限制
  • reach the limit达到极限
  • set a limit规定限度
形容词+~
  • broad limit宽的限度
  • certain limit一定的限度
  • final limit最后限度
  • narrow limit窄范围的限制
  • normal limit正常界限
  • proper limit适当限度
  • strict limit严格限制
  • true limit真正的限制
名词+~
  • age limit年龄限制
  • city limit市区范围
  • danger limit危险界限
  • safety limit安全线
  • speed limit极限速度
  • time limit时限
  • weight limit极限重量
~+名词
  • limit value极限值
介词+~
  • above the limit超出限度
  • below the limit未超过限度
  • beyond the limit超出限度
  • over the limit超出限度
  • to the limit到顶点
  • within limit在一定的范围内
~+介词
  • limit on对…的限制
  • limit to对…的限制
  • limit to everything对一切的限度
  • limit to man's energy人的精力的限度
  • limit to the expense of the trip旅费多少的限度
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • limit military expenditure限制军费开支
  • limit sb's powers限制某人的权力
  • limit the landing speed of aircraft限制了飞机的着陆速度
  • limit the number of cigarettes限制香烟的数目
~+副词
  • limit absolutely坚决地限制
  • limit appropriately适当地限制
  • limit conventionally按常规限制
  • limit definitely明确地限制
  • limit deliberately故意限制
  • limit desperately不顾一切地限制
  • limit disastrously灾难性地限制
  • limit earnestly非常认真地限制
  • limit economically经济上地限制
  • limit eternally永久地限制
  • limit fastidiously挑剔地限制
  • limit generally一般地限制
  • limit immediately立即限制
  • limit indirectly间接限制
  • limit insufficiently不严格地限制
  • limit intentionally有目的地限制
  • limit interestingly有趣地限制
  • limit irrefutably无可辩驳地限制
  • limit irrevocably无法改变地限制
  • limit laboriously吃力地限制
  • limit logically情理之中地限制
  • limit markedly明显地限制
  • limit mercilessly无情地限制
  • limit morally道义上限制
  • limit obviously明显地限制
  • limit originally最初限制
  • limit practically实际上限制
  • limit quietly悄悄地限制
  • limit recklessly不顾后果地限制
  • limit reluctantly不情愿地限制
  • limit rigidly严格地限制
  • limit ruthlessly无情地限制
  • limit satisfactorily令人满意地限制
  • limit savagely野蛮地限制
  • limit scathingly不留情地限制
  • limit scientifically科学地限制
  • limit scurrilously以下流方式限制
  • limit skillfully熟练地限制
  • limit speciously特别地限制
  • limit spectacularly特殊地限制
  • limit starkly严格地限制
  • limit superficially表面上限制
  • limit tactfully巧妙地限制
  • limit technically技术上限制
  • limit theoretically理论上限制
  • limit thoroughly全面地限制
  • limit tyrannically专横地限制
  • limit unaccountably莫名其妙地限制
  • limit unexpectedly出乎意外地限制
  • limit uniformly一致地限制
  • limit unquestionably毫无疑问地限制
  • limit unreasonably不合理地限制
  • limit uselessly无用地限制
~+介词
  • limit at 6000限制在6000名
  • limit by sex受性别的限制
  • limit in number数目限制
  • limit in time时间有限
  • limit in ways办法有限
  • limit to限制…在…之内

经典引文

  • 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

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