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界限,边界,限度,极限,限制限制,限定,减少

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Limit \Lim"it\, v. i.
   To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited
   region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]

Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limited}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Limiting}.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
   limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
   eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
   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.

   {Limiting parallels} (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
      between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
      the moon, in a given case, can occur.

Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), n. [From L. limes, limitis: cf.
   F. limite; or from E. limit, v. See {Limit}, v. t.]
   1. 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.

            As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's
            verdant limits strayed.               --Pope.

   2. The space or thing defined by limits.

            The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits
            very equally.                         --Shak.

   3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period
      itself; the full time or extent.

            The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.

            The limit of your lives is out.       --Shak.

   4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

            I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. --Shak.

   5. (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing
      characteristic; a differentia.

   6. (Math.) 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.

   {Elastic limit}. See under {Elastic}.

   {Prison limits}, a definite extent of space in or around a
      prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and
      come.

   Syn: Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound;
        confine.

资料来源 : WordNet®

limit
     n 1: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was
          beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit
          of his ability" [syn: {bounds}, {boundary}]
     2: final or latest limiting point [syn: {terminus ad quem}, {terminal
        point}]
     3: the boundary of a specific area [syn: {demarcation}, {demarcation
        line}]
     4: as far as something can go
     5: the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the
        independent variable approaches infinity [syn: {limit
        point}, {point of accumulation}]
     6: 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" [syn: {limitation}]

limit
     v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
          this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with
          your friends" [syn: {restrict}, {restrain}, {trammel}, {bound},
           {confine}, {throttle}]
     2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
        day" [syn: {circumscribe}, {confine}]
     3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
        the parameters" [syn: {specify}, {set}, {determine}, {fix}]