limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/ us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/Three cocktails are my limit.
know your limit I won't have any more - I know my limit!
the limit informal
over the limit She was definitely driving over the limit.
- Many people became ineligible to receive state aid because their earnings were above the new limit.
- The government has set new limits on public spending.
- The bad language in that play overstepped the limits of what ought to be allowed on television.
- At this restaurant you can help yourself to as much food as you want - there's no limit.
- "How much are you willing to spend?" "Well, the outside limit would be £350."
- (at) full steam idiom
- (at) full stretch idiom
- at a nadir
- at capacity
- at least idiom
- full marks
- give a hundred percent idiom
- great majority
- in the majority
- load-bearing
- majority
- majority of something
- max
- max out phrasal verb
- minority interest
- minority of something
- nadir
- reach a nadir
- submaximal
- the full monty
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慣用句
- Oil prices are certain to rise following the agreement to limit production.
- The government is being widely criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.
- You should always limit your exposure to the sun.
- The government has promised to introduce legislation to limit fuel emissions from cars.
- Division within the party will limit its chances at the election.
- anti-libertarian
- armlock
- boundary
- box someone out phrasal verb
- box someone/something in phrasal verb
- crippling
- cripplingly
- crowd
- curb
- curtail
- keep (herself) to herself idiom
- keep a check on something
- keep something down phrasal verb
- limit something to something
- limitation
- stranglehold
- stunt
- suffocatingly
- tempered
- tie someone down phrasal verb
