limiting

美 [ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ]英 [ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ]
  • adj.限制性的
  • v.限制;限定;限量;减量
  • limit的现在分词
limitinglimiting

adj.

限制性的
putting limits on what is possible

Lack of cash is a limiting factor.

现金短缺是一个制约因素。

limiting

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  • 1
    N-COUNT 极限
    A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible.

    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。

  • 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.

    The three month time limit will be up in mid-June...

    3个月的限期截至6月中旬。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (区域的)界限
    The limit of an area is its boundary or edge.

    ...the city limits of Baghdad.

    巴格达市区

  • 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.

    She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget...

    她不得不在相当紧张的预算范围内精打细算。

  • 5
    VERB 限制;限定
    If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree.

    He limited payments on the country's foreign debt...

    他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。

  • 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.

    It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week...

    现在人们已经接受,男性一周饮酒量不应超过20个单位。

  • The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting.

    给我规定的条件还不算太苛刻。

  • 8
    VERB (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.

    The protests were not limited to New York...

    抗议活动不只限于纽约。

  • 9
    See also:age limit;limited

  • 10
    PHRASE 禁止进入
    If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.

    A one-mile area around the wreck is still off limits...

    沉船方圆一英里内仍然禁止进入。

  • 11
    PHRASE 被禁止
    If you say that something is off limits, you mean that you are not allowed to do it.

    Smoking was off limits everywhere.

    到处都禁止吸烟。

  • 12
    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.

    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。

  • 13
    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.

    They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit.

    他们发现,就收入和事业成功来讲,多高都有可能的。

  • 14
    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.

    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。

noun

1
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Synonym: modification qualifying

adj

1
restricting the scope or freedom of action
Synonym: confining constraining constrictive restricting
2
strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Many of these customs were narrow , limiting and bad .

    这些习俗很多是狭隘的,限制性的,而且是有害的。

  2. Time is the limiting factor .

    时间是限制性的因素。

  3. We have to set a time limit for the work .

    我们得为这项工作规定个期限。

  4. The work must be completed within a certain time limit .

    这项工作必须在一定期限内完成。

  5. He was driving at well over the speed limit .

    他当时开车的速度远远超过了限制。

  6. They wish to limit the power of the State .

    他们希望限制政府权力。

  7. You should always keep to the speed limit .

    什么时候你都不得超过最高速度限制。

  8. The new speed limit on this road becomes effective from 1 June .

    这条路上新的限速规定自6月1日起生效。

  9. I 'll go to $ 1 000 but that 's my limit .

    我愿意出1000元,这可是最大限度了。

  10. You can 't drive ─ you 're over the limit .

    你饮酒过量,不能驾车。

  11. With a talent like his , the sky 's the limit .

    以他的禀赋,前途不可限量。

  12. Your credit limit is now £ 2 000 .

    你的信用额度现在为2000英镑。

  13. The team performed to the limit of its capabilities .

    这个队已竭尽全力。

  14. The department may overshoot its cash limit this year .

    这个部门今年可能要突破现金限额。

  15. They were travelling at a speed that was double the legal limit .

    他们正以两倍于法定限速的速度行驶。

  16. Lack of cash is a limiting factor .

    现金短缺是一个制约因素。

  17. He was breaking the speed limit .

    他违章超速驾驶。

  18. The road has a 30 mph speed limit .

    这条公路限定时速30英里。

  19. She was exceeding the speed limit .

    当时她超速驾驶。

  20. The speed limit must be rigidly enforced .

    必须严格执行限速规定。

  21. The influx of refugees has stretched the country 's resources to the limit .

    难民的大量涌入把这个国家的资源消耗殆尽。

  22. Both boxers weighed in at several pounds below the limit .

    两个拳击手赛前量的体重都比规定限度少几磅。

  23. You risk incurring bank charges if you exceed your overdraft limit .

    如果超出了透支限额,就有被银行加收费用的风险。

  24. The plot of the novel stretches credulity to the limit .

    这部小说的情节几乎到了令人无法相信的地步。

  25. There is no limit to the indulgence he shows to his grandchildren .

    他无度地溺爱娇惯孙子孙女。

  26. The play 's plot stretches credulity to the limit .

    这出戏的剧情简直就是胡编滥造。

  27. The sudden influx of visitors is straining hotels in the town to the limit .

    游客突然涌入,城里的旅馆全都爆满。

  28. The tyres were worn below the legal limit of 1.6mm of tread .

    这些轮胎磨损得已低于胎面1.6毫米的法定厚度。

  29. He was nearly three times over the drink drive limit .

    他超过醉酒驾驶规定标准快三倍了。

  30. In some cases there is a minimum age limit .

    有些情况下有最低年龄限制。