| 单词 | limited |
| 释义 | limited (lɪmɪtɪd ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Something that is limited is not very great in amount, range, or degree. They may only have a limited amount of time to get their points across. Shops have a very limited selection. Synonyms: restricted, controlled, fixed, defined 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, noun ADJECTIVE] A limited company is one whose owners are legally responsible for only a part of any money that it may owe if it goes bankrupt. [mainly British, business] They had plans to turn the club into a limited company. He is the founder of International Sports Management Limited. Collocations: limited facilities The executives of five-star ocean cruise lines sneer at the river vessels, with their buffet meals and limited facilities, as 'sophisticated, floating motor coaches'. Times, Sunday Times These offer limited facilities and will not cope. Times,Sunday Times These are likely to be small infant or primary schools with no kitchens or limited facilities, some of them in remote areas. Times, Sunday Times Limited facilities, for a lim-ited crowd, yielded some long queues. Times, Sunday Times In a small and crowded island we need to learn to share these limited facilities, re-engage with the natural world around us and all be the richer for it. Times, Sunday Times A limited menu, granted, and yet hard to come by conveniently here unless you're a professional rugby player. Times, Sunday Times This hole in the wall has a limited menu that changes frequently. Times, Sunday Times The gas problem has forced the beach-side restaurant to offer a limited menu with only cold foods and salads available. The Sun Life on board was regimented, with a single sitting for dinner and a limited menu dished up at shared tables. Times, Sunday Times Its ten eateries around the capital have a limited menu of six sourdough pizzas, supplemented by two daily specials and some side orders. Times, Sunday Times Experts attribute this to a lack of natural light, common in care homes because older people with limited mobility often spend little time outdoors. Times, Sunday Times Here he seemed resigned to limited mobility, and to be trying to play accordingly, but the conditions did not suit his forward press or his limited footwork. Times, Sunday Times I have limited mobility, and thought that the home delivery service would be useful. Times, Sunday Times Its knees had limited mobility, moving back and forward like a human knee instead of the greater mobility found in sprawlers, the team found. Times, Sunday Times He surprised himself in the process, given the limited mobility in his legs caused by the rare disorder that he was born with. Times, Sunday Times Limited number of rooms available on this offer. Times, Sunday Times Paymaster would pass payments to whichever of a limited number of government-approved fund managers or trusts the employee chose. Times, Sunday Times A limited number of staterooms are available at these promotional prices and may be withdrawn at any time. The Sun There are a limited number of excellent buildings that are of great design quality. Times, Sunday Times There are really a limited number of options for breakfast, so it's important for restaurants to get it right. Times, Sunday Times That limited objective was well served. Times, Sunday Times That should be our clear but limited objective as an alliance. Times, Sunday Times However, no-fly zones can only achieve limited objectives within a broader campaign. Times, Sunday Times The attack was to be on a relatively narrow front, with no prior bombardment and limited objectives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes the counter-offensive can be of a more limited operational maneuver nature, with more limited objectives rather than those seeking attainment of a strategic goal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The limited options will hit a broad range of borrowers who have alternative plans in place, brokers warn. Times, Sunday Times Thousands of people are being sheltered in disused army barracks, but they are desperate to move on, despite their limited options. Times, Sunday Times Those who pay their own premiums have limited options when it comes to shopping around for treatment. Times, Sunday Times Made errors in tactics and selection, but hamstrung by limited options and deserves another chance for 2016. Times, Sunday Times Scientists have therefore been asked to look at much more limited options to resume normal life. Times,Sunday Times Build on this to create a limited palette of colours for your entire home, using different combinations of those colours in each room. Times, Sunday Times With a limited palette of materials available, almost identical streets were often the result. Times,Sunday Times So, despite the limited palette, it's not a colourless garden, just focused, and very restful. Times, Sunday Times Stick to a limited palette of plants and repeat them within the space. Times, Sunday Times Because the architect ends up with a limited palette of materials and volumetric construction because it meets the budget and can be delivered rapidly. Times, Sunday Times This means that you cannot be asked to do an executive job even for a limited period unless you are a politician. Times, Sunday Times It's easy, convenient and flexible, and it will save you up to 2 a week because - for a limited period - we're freezing the price. Times, Sunday Times Maybe you could offer a prize draw for those who 'tell a friend' via the app and limited period free trials to new users? Times, Sunday Times An instruction to cancel a debit order only remains on the bank's system for a limited period (three to six months, depending on the bank). ST This was live for a limited period of time. Times, Sunday Times There may also be restrictions on when you can sell - and a limited pool of potential buyers. Times, Sunday Times The two men found themselves fishing from the same limited pool of specialists in rocketry. Times,Sunday Times Its expansion has been tempered by the area's limited pool of qualified welders, assemblers and other skilled workers, he said. canada.com The energy giant admitted that any deal would be subject to intense political scrutiny and there was only a limited pool of potential buyers. Times, Sunday Times They argue that choosing your investments from a limited pool based on your beliefs and values will inevitably mean missing out on better performers. Times, Sunday Times Employees with high potential can be assigned mentors where there are limited prospects of promotion but the organisation wants to retain their services. Times, Sunday Times With humble backgrounds and limited prospects, the diaosi face daily struggles in an ever more competitive society in which urban house prices stretch ever further out of reach. Times, Sunday Times With tuition fees of up to 9,000 a year, and living costs in addition, today's students are well aware of their debts when they graduate, perhaps still with limited prospects. Times, Sunday Times Flood's view of his role as a fiscal watchdog coincided with the city's limited prospects at the start of the 1970s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Part of it was purely internal in nature: for instance, the soldiers challenged the promotion system, with its limited prospects for advancement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The state-backed safety net offers only limited protection against inflation. Times, Sunday Times Cholera vaccinations are not considered a feasible preventive measure because they offer limited protection and last only a few months. Times, Sunday Times Covenant-lite loans, where lenders have limited protection when borrowers get into trouble, have re-emerged, it said. Times, Sunday Times They also retained the limited protection with plating only covering the machinery spaces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flak 36s were often fitted with an armoured shield that provided limited protection for the gunners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company said it was a 'genuine error' after a 'limited quantity' were shipped to stores. The Sun Packages bearing this mark contain hazardous material in a limited quantity that presents a limited hazard during transportation, due to its form, quantity, and packaging. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also made a limited quantity of the album available on vinyl records. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These were made in very limited quantity and by few silversmiths, presumably because they required the highest craftsmanship for their manufacture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many stores have a limited quantity of big draw or deeply discounted items. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any vacancies that do become available will be in a limited range of subjects, such as modern languages or engineering. Times, Sunday Times But there are also danger signs- being offered a limited range of in-house funds and investments, hidden charges, fees and commissions and being locked in. Times, Sunday Times An extra hour or two will not provide more than a very limited range of sporting or cultural opportunities. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, not only do these detectors have a limited range, but they require a minimum approach speed of about 15mph. Times, Sunday Times More specifically, it's a three-stringed banjo of limited range. Times, Sunday Times Such decisions are purely financial – if it's making good money in limited release, films almost always end up going wider. Christianity Today In this case, the movie landed beyond the top ten not because of a limited release but just because nobody's going to see it. Christianity Today I appreciated his astute observation, and it says so much about this movie, opening this week in limited release. Christianity Today Limited release; see below for venues. Times, Sunday Times Admittedly, they had a limited release and were seen by only a few thousand people. Times, Sunday Times A limited repertoire of ideas seemed to be being stretched far beyond its natural scale. Times, Sunday Times But we are able to move beyond this limited repertoire to produce a vast array of sounds with associated meanings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite their great strengths, it must be said that when collected like this, en masse, the stories can suggest a writer with a limited repertoire. The Times Literary Supplement I remember preaching for my first call, giving the best sermon in my limited repertoire. Christianity Today Players select which spells to bring into a battle ahead of time, and may only cast spells from this limited repertoire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the documentary he explains there was no sense in those days that fauna were a limited resource. Times, Sunday Times That private following partly explains why such a limited resource should command a market capitalisation of just short of 1.8 billion. Times, Sunday Times Competition can occur when two or more species share a limited resource, such as particular food sources, in a given area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This leads to conflict with sports and commercial hunters and fishers, who are competing for the same limited resource in the same place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This pattern results from evolutionary change driven by competition among species for a limited resource (e.g. food). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, genetics may play a very limited role in people who experience a sudden outbreak of shyness in later life. Times, Sunday Times It was a limited role, in that moral philosophy could only answer philosophical questions, but it was an important one for all that. Times, Sunday Times They emphasised the need for proper training or having a limited role, such as handing out helpline numbers. Times, Sunday Times They have, on the contrary, a necessarily limited role in an efficient economy and free society. Times, Sunday Times Unlike stock market-quoted companies, where shareholders play only a limited role in the governance and decision-making of the firm, private equity owners are in control and define a clear strategy. Times, Sunday Times At present, it looks most likely to be a limited run of fewer than 1,000 units. Times, Sunday Times And it's going into production - a limited run, of course. The Sun The limited run of five performances has left the ticket office with something of a scrum on its hands. The Times Literary Supplement Made by skiers, for skiers, their limited run of high-quality skis have a loyal freeriding following. Times, Sunday Times The limited run of 7,000 bottles goes on sale this weekend at 14.95. Times, Sunday Times It's cheap and fun, but unchanged visuals and limited scope make it second division stuff. Times, Sunday Times The paragraph was intended to have a more limited scope, and it did not extend to advance corporation tax. Times, Sunday Times This suggests limited scope to provide any boost to the economy. Times,Sunday Times There was an accounting scandal last year of limited scope, which hit the shares and suggested a buying opportunity. Times, Sunday Times The other party would be unable to know whether the material would assist him and his special advocate would have only limited scope for assessing its importance. Times, Sunday Times Some firms are expected to offer the full range of flexibilities, while at others there may be a more limited selection. Times, Sunday Times She argues that most comestic shops offer a limited selection of colours, mostly pinks, reds and corals, because these shades are the biggest sellers. Times, Sunday Times Pasta in many different guises dominates the limited selection. Globe and Mail They also carry a limited selection of parts for boat repair. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was designed to reproduce voice samples, and had a very limited selection of pitches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Traditionally, ruckman have simply been tall players with limited skill and speed, whose only job was to provide a contest in the ruck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he had very limited skill in thematic development and even less in contrapuntal combination. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, he did reflect that in view of their limited skills, this was far safer for all concerned - apart from the birds. Times, Sunday Times They have no social life outside gaming, and limited skills. Times, Sunday Times Even so-called 'cleverer' dinosaurs could only acquire limited skills. Times, Sunday Times He occasionally tried his hand at choreography, but with only limited success. Times, Sunday Times More than 1 billion paid out to former freedom fighters to persuade them to return to civilian life has had only limited success. Times, Sunday Times A small group of naval historians continues to attempt to answer those questions, albeit with limited success. Times, Sunday Times One might further tentatively note that, if the cunning plan was to divert media attention, so far it has had only limited success. Times, Sunday Times The rocker dabbled in acting and soundtracks with limited success. Times, Sunday Times Competition for the limited supply of retail deposits and medium-term funding will be fierce. Times, Sunday Times There can be all the demand in the world and limited supply but if there's no money, then there's no market. Times, Sunday Times But for some it was not an option as limited supply and peak season prices meant other countries were just too expensive. The Sun The latest surveys agree that, overall, prices continue to rise, boosted by limited supply, rising employment and low interest and mortgage rates. Times, Sunday Times Limited supply of rental accommodation will push up rents in the early part of 2012. Times, Sunday Times There was limited support for this; a couple of younger players and a fringe player spoke up in support of that view. Times, Sunday Times It may have 'abjured the picturesque in favour of the sublime'; sublime or not, it won limited support. Times, Sunday Times But ministers immediately seized on the turnout of 29 per cent, and claimed that it showed limited support for the action. Times, Sunday Times He appears to accept that he can offer her only limited support. Times, Sunday Times While the government has let homeowners take a three-month mortgage holiday, it has provided limited support to renters. Times,Sunday Times But since the algorithm was programmed merely to solve the puzzle, researchers have a limited understanding of how it did so. Times, Sunday Times He came to the job with a surprisingly limited understanding of the outside world. Times, Sunday Times The characters have no foresight, and only a limited understanding of themselves or the world around them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an era with limited understanding of germs, infection soon set in. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His training gives him many extraordinary talents, i.e. underwater breath control for diving without an aqualung, and a limited understanding of the supernatural. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also appreciated the simple cartoon-like artwork and limited vocabulary, perfect for infants learning to read themselves. Times, Sunday Times For all its limited vocabulary and butchered syntax, it seems more than adequate to bring into expression the realities of a complex and profound love. Christianity Today With limited vocabulary they cannot articulate their feelings and will show it behaviourally. Times, Sunday Times But no matter how perceptive a person, if they have a limited vocabulary, they may never be able to communicate their impressions accurately. Times, Sunday Times She explained that people with passion can overcome any other obstacle, such as a limited vocabulary or even a speech impediment. Christianity Today Many, at best, are facing severely limited career options and lifelong poverty. The Sun However, after the housing crash of 2008, interest-only loans became severely limited and were withdrawn entirely by some lenders. Times, Sunday Times The post brought him into contact with a wide variety of musicians, but it also severely limited his composing time. Times, Sunday Times The mechanics could not be simpler since the points of entry are severely limited and easily controlled. Times, Sunday Times My own active and healthy lifestyle didn't prevent me from developing a neurological condition that has severely limited my mobility. Times, Sunday Times They do not work, except as a dubious electoral tactic in strictly limited circumstances. Times, Sunday Times Allocate passwords that open the door to sensitive financial or commercial information on a strictly limited and need-to-know basis. Times, Sunday Times But strictly limited, strictly regulated, and hopefully for not much longer. Times, Sunday Times Now this partial revolution must be completed to create stable, dynamic but efficient and strictly limited government. Times, Sunday Times Permits are strictly limited and sell out months in advance, so allow plenty of time when booking. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 有限的 Japanese: 限られた |
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