limit
英 [ˈlɪm.ɪt]
美 [ˈlɪm.ɪt]
n. 限制；限度；界线
vt. 限制；限定
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记忆方法
记忆“limit”的方法是将它分解成“limb”（肢体）和“it”。想象一个物体的肢体被限制住了，不能动，这样就形象地记住了“limit”表示“限制”的意思。 以上内容由AI生成, 仅供参考和借鉴
中文词源
limit 限度，限制来自拉丁语limitem,边界，界限。引申词义界限，限制。
英语词源
limit
limit: [14] Latin līmes originally denoted a ‘path between fields’, but it became extended metaphorically to any ‘boundary’ or ‘limit’, and that was the sense in which English acquired it (in its stem form līmit-).=> lintel
limit (n.)
c. 1400, "boundary, frontier," from Old French limite "a boundary," from Latin limitem (nominative limes) "a boundary, limit, border, embankment between fields," related to limen "threshold." Originally of territory; general sense from early 15c. Colloquial sense of "the very extreme, the greatest degree imaginable" is from 1904.
limit (v.)
late 14c., from Old French limiter "mark (a boundary), restrict; specify," from Latin limitare "to bound, limit, fix," from limes "boundary, limit" (see limit (n.)). Related: limited; limiting.
权威例句
1. In some cases there is a mini-mum age limit. 有些情况下有最低年龄限制。
2. They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification. 他们通过实施低技术规格拼命限制成本。
3. The three month time limit will be up in mid-June. 3个月的限期截至6月中旬。
4. 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。
5. A speed limit of 30 mph was introduced in built-up areas. 在建筑密集区域，车速限制为每小时30英里。