英语词汇“limit”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

limit

例句

noun | verb

limitlimit1 /ˈlɪmɪt/ noun ► limit

the largest amount, number, or distance that is possible or that is allowed by a law or rule:

The speed limit on this road is 35 miles per hour.

We decided to put a limit on how much we would spend at Christmas.

Is there a limit to how much information your brain can store?

► restriction AWL

a rule or law that controls an activity or the size of something:

Many people want more restrictions on the sale of guns.

► deadline

the date or time when something must be finished or done:

The deadline for the research paper is April 30, but please turn it in earlier if you can.

► maximum AWL

the largest number or amount that is possible or allowed:

He faces a maximum of seven years in prison.

► minimum AWL

the smallest number or amount that is possible or allowed:

You have to stay at the hotel for a minimum of three nights to receive the discount.

► parameter AWL (formal)

a rule that controls the way that something should be done and that stops you from doing some things:

Animals can be used in tests by scientists, but only within strict parameters.

► quota (formal)

an official limit on the amount or number of something that can be bought, sold, or used, or on the number of times something can be done:

A new quota on the number of cars that can be imported will be introduced next month.

noun | verb

limitlimit2 /ˈlɪmɪt/ verb ► limit

to control something so that an amount or number does not get too big:

I am trying to limit the amount of salt in my diet.

Let’s limit our discussion to the facts in the report.

➔ Limit can also mean “to keep the things that are possible in a situation to a small number”: If you don’t have a high school diploma, that will limit the kinds of jobs you can get.

► set a limit

to control the size or amount of something, by deciding what the limit will be:

We set a limit on how much money we will spend on vacation.

► restrict AWL

to strictly control and limit an activity. Restrict sounds a little more formal than limit:

The law restricts the sale of guns.

► restrain AWL (formal)

to control or limit something that is increasing too much. You use restrain especially about money that a country or large organization is spending:

The president has promised to balance the budget and restrain government spending.

► ration

to control how much someone is allowed to have of something, especially because there is not enough of it:

In many countries, food was rationed during World War II.

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