Limit

['lɪmɪt]

解释:

(noun.) the greatest possible degree of something; 'what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior'; 'to the limit of his ability'.

(noun.) the boundary of a specific area.

(noun.) as far as something can go.

(noun.) the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; 'there are limits on the amount you can bet'; 'it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight'.

(noun.) the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity.

(verb.) restrict or confine, 'I limit you to two visits to the pub a day'.

埃尔维斯手打--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.

(v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits.

(v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

(v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

(v. t.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.

(v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.

(v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.

(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.

录入:特伦特

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Bound, frontier, boundary, confine, bourn, termination, precinct, marches.[2]. Restriction, restraint, obstruction, check, hinderance.

v. a. [1]. Bound, circumscribe, define, set bounds to, fix the limits of.[2]. Restrain, restrict.

整理:奥拉

解释:

n. boundary: utmost extent: restriction: (Shak.) a limb as the limit of the body.—v.t. to confine within bounds: to restrain: to fix within limits.—adjs. Lim′itable that may be limited bounded or restrained; Limitā′rian tending to limit.—n. one who limits.—adjs. Lim′itary placed at the boundary as a guard &c.: confined within limits; Lim′itate (bot.) bounded by a distinct line.—n. Limitā′tion the act of limiting bounding or restraining: the state of being limited bounded or restrained: restriction.—adjs. Limitā′tive Lim′ited within limits: narrow: restricted.—adv. Lim′itedly.—ns. Lim′itedness; Lim′iter the person or thing that limits or confines: a friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.—adj. Lim′itless having no limits: boundless: immense: infinite.—Limited liability (see Liability); Limited monarchy a monarchy in which the supreme power is shared with a body of nobles a representative body or both.

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