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单词 limitation
释义
limitationlim‧i‧ta‧tion /ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ ●●○ W3 noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Alec Stewart's 102-ball 55 never smacked of more than damage limitation.
  • Nevertheless, the limitations of writing a script to accompany images on the screen become clear on the printed page.
  • One of the limitations of books of purely social commentary is that they are long on analysis and short on action.
  • Promotion of the role of the Commissioner, emphasising both her capabilities and her limitations should help to alleviate this problem.
  • The limitations of what is available for you locally can also be part of this pain.
  • There are ways of turning the restrictions and limitations that caring involves into assets.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora bad feature of something
a bad feature of something, for example a way in which it causes problems or is worse than other things of the same kind: · The proposal has some major disadvantages.disadvantage of: · The main disadvantage of being a nurse is working irregular hours.
a disadvantage of something, that makes it seem less attractive - use this especially when something seems good in other ways: · It's a good-looking car - the only drawback is the price.drawback of: · One of the major drawbacks of being famous is the lack of privacy.drawback to: · High house prices are one drawback to economic growth.
someone or something that is a disadvantage because they are likely to make you less successful: · In those days, a politician's wife who did not hold traditional views could be a liability.liability to: · The product that was once so popular is now a liability to the company.serious liability: · The bank realized that the dispute was becoming a serious liability in doing business
the limits on how good someone or something can be or what they are able to do: · I think we've done a wonderful job, considering the limitations we've had to work under.· We made an inspection of the building's resources and limitations.
the disadvantage of a plan or situation that in most other ways seems good: · The band sounds great. The only downside is the quality of the recording.the downside of: · The downside of the New Economy is the forced resettlement of villagers.
when there are limits on what you can do
the rules or facts that control someone's freedom or their ability to do what they want: limits to: · There are practical limits to the number of cases we can deal with each day.limits of: · He's well aware of the limits of his knowledge.within limits: · We want our employees to enjoy themselves, within certain limits.
limits on what someone or something is able to do: limitations of: · The limitations of the computer system make some operations very difficult.limitations on: · The president was unwilling to accept limitations on his power.physical limitations: · Hikers should know their physical limitations and not take unnecessary risks.
rules or laws that strictly control what you are allowed to do: · There are certain travel restrictions in effect in certain areas along the border.restrictions on: · Unions are pressing for restrictions on steel imports from Japan.· Because of restrictions on reporting, newspapers were not allowed to cover the story.impose restrictions (=officially order that something must be limited): · New restrictions have been imposed on immigration.
facts or conditions that limit what you can do, for example not having enough time, money etc: · Because of time constraints two acts had to be cut from the show.constraints of: · The constraints of prison life are sometimes too much for people to bear.
to not be able to do everything that you want because things are not available, there are rules or laws about it etc: · Our choice of shops is somewhat limited because we don't have a car.be limited to: · We're limited to two weeks of vacation a year, so a three-week safari isn't possible.be limited by: · Many Hong Kong performers are limited by their lack of English skills in making the transition to Hollywood.
if something is restricted to a particular amount, time, group etc, there are rules or other conditions limiting it to that amount, time, group etc: · Access to the President is restricted.be restricted to: · In those days, visiting in the hospital was restricted to specific weekend hours only.be restricted by: · Because Forbes was using his own money, he was not restricted by federal limits on campaign spending.
to be unable to do what you want to do because of facts or conditions, for example, because you do not have enough time or money: · Sharon's options were severely constrained because of the foolish choices she made as a teenager.be constrained by: · Research is often constrained by lack of sufficient data.
the range of things that a particular activity is allowed to include or have an effect on: scope of: · A clear statement of the goal and scope of a research project is a useful reference point.within the scope: · It was determined that the Commissioner had been acting within the scope of his official duties.beyond/outside the scope: · I'm afraid the matter falls outside the scope of this enquiry.in scope: · Regulations are important in markets that are increasingly international in scope.of enormous/historic/wide etc scope: · The ruling party has granted concessions of considerable scope.
the limits on a situation, organization, activity etc that control what people are allowed to do: confines of: · She felt trapped by the narrow confines of the convent.within the confines: · We must operate within the confines of the law.beyond/outside the confines: · Hypothetical thinking goes beyond the confines of everyday experience.
a set of limits within which an activity can be done - use this in business, education, or technical contexts: · In the private sector there are clear parameters which surround labour relations.within/outside the parameters of something: · It is only within the parameters of a clear set of goals that a national science program can be successful.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2verbs
· The system does have its limitations.
· Spending limitations have been placed on the council's housing budget.
(=an emphatic way of saying to place limitations on something)· The government has imposed severe limitations on the types of food that can be imported.
(also transcend limitations formal) (=do more than you would normally be able or allowed to do)· Can men and women ever transcend the limitations of their roles?
(=know what your qualities or abilities will allow you to do)· Know your limitations, and don't exercise too hard or you'll get injured.
· Take pride in your achievements, but accept your limitations.
(=show where something or someone is not very good)· The film shows his limitations as a actor.
adjectives
· This approach to the problem has serious limitations.
formal (=limitations that are a natural part of something)· We recognize the inherent limitations of our research.
· This odd effect on the film results from technical limitations in the video equipment.
· He has physical limitations which prevent him from lifting heavy objects.
· Practical limitations, such as a shortage of equipment, may prevent them from achieving their goal.
(=limitations because of law)· Certain legal limitations are placed on the scope of Parliament's power.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Anyone studying an inventory must be aware of their limitations.· The Liberals were henceforth aware of their limitations, and even began to doubt their own cause.· Being aware of their limitations of ability and attention will prevent the parents' feeling irritated.· It is important for the patient to be aware of the limitations likely to be caused by his spasticity.· Though Catherine assiduously cultivated an image of absolute authority. she was well aware of the limitations on her own power.· In order to be safe outside, the patient must be aware of his limitations.· Knowing that Miss Danziger was aware of her limitations made Fru Møller nervous.
· Such interdependency demands certain limitations in national sovereignty.· Limitations on rights Articles 19 and 20 allow certain limitations to be placed on the right of free speech.· There are certain limitations and disadvantages with this method, however.· But John Travolta is a great movie star, and thus not subject to certain mortal limitations.· Both materials offer distinct advantages and have certain limitations.· All in all, SongWright 5.1 is a useful program within certain limitations.
· The social acceptability of a disability may, therefore, be more important than the limitations it may give rise to.· A further important human limitation is that the intellect works discursively.· This is important for limitation purposes so that time runs from the sale of the goods.· Limitations of thrombolysis Currently available thrombolytic agents have several important limitations.· The most important limitation of presently available systems is the lack of a reliable deglutitive signal.· The Qur'an does recognise a right to private property but it is subject to important limitation, as indicated in the next extract.· But there were also important limitations.
· Most data are derived from cross-sectional studies, with their inherent methodological limitations.· The camera lens, of course, has its own inherent limitations.· We recognise the inherent limitations of our study.· Nevertheless, while many administrative shortcomings have been identified, the scrutiny technique does have inherent limitations.
· But all the work so far has one obvious limitation.· The most obvious limitation on migration was geographical.· Nevertheless, there are obvious limitations to a system of selective assessment.· Such models, being necessarily simple, have obvious limitations.
· This places particular limitations on the time-tabling.· On this basis, the hypothesis would be that religious beliefs tend to cluster around particular compounds of limitation.· How much does this particular limitation matter?· It is probably very rare for consciousness to scan every component of a particular compound of limitation.
· In situations where the second person was the farmer's wife there could be physical limitations to the amount of assistance given.· He becomes fixated on his own physical limitations and begins worshipping the male members of others.· The physical limitations of the processor and memory in the existing configuration are reflected quantitatively in the performance of the system.· You may have physical limitations yourself which would make lifting and other care of a disabled person difficult or impossible.
· The advantages of the concept are obvious but more apparent than real; there are serious limitations.· And for some schools, this may be an interesting option, though if carried to extremes, it has serious limitations.· Arguing from studies of first language development has serious limitations.· There have been serious methodological limitations to much of the research implicating personality factors in anorexia nervosa.· Invivo BrdUrd based studies, however, have serious practical limitations.
· Rufus's masterful power had, in practice, very severe limitations: but he did not forget an injury.· In fact, they wanted an even more severe limitation on politicians, but Willie Brown had the only guillotine.· The magnitude of the early railway works was enhanced by the severe limitation the engineers placed upon themselves as regards gradients.· This vision has severe limitations, especially in its resistance to formal innovation and cultural weirdness.· Dating a skull on the morphology has also severe limitations.· With these severe limitations agreed to, the march was held.· If cloze only measures comprehension at the phrase or sentence level, it has severe limitations.· But cast iron had severe limitations.
NOUN
· In truth Gene probably believes that the forces of darkness are gathering, but he also believes in damage limitation.· It was to be an ugly demonstration; damage limitation was not on the agenda.· Its policy is damage limitation, not prevention.· Alec Stewart's 102-ball 55 never smacked of more than damage limitation.· But damage limitation is not perhaps the best way to manage an election campaign when you are in opposition.· Franks was busily engaged in a damage limitation exercise in Washington.· There was only one unspoken agenda: damage assessment. Damage limitation, if any was possible, would come later.· He started on a kind of-well - what Mum and I used to call one of his damage limitation exercises.
· There is no statutory limitation period for criminal proceedings such as those in the instant case.· The rationale of the distinction between summary and other proceedings probably lies in the respective limitation periods.· Thus an expert's decision obtained after the limitation period will not be enforceable by court action: see Chapter 12.· The limitation period is for six years from the date on which the dwelling was completed.· The limitation period varies from three to ten years depending on the country.· Where the decision has been obtained by fraud the limitation period may be extended by s32 of the Limitation Act 1980.· The original owner can always recover subject to a six-year limitation period.
VERB
· May we take pride in our achievements and accept our limitations.· One teacher refused to accept the limitations I put on myself.· You were supposed to be brilliant without effort, or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree.· They came to accept many of their limitations, ignorance, and mistakes.· By accepting such a limitation in application domain it is possible to achieve much more detailed analysis of the text.· You need to know how consistently and how accurately you can land; be honest with yourself and accept your limitations.· But by taking Chapman on board he accepted the limitation of his own authority.
· Countries differ however in the extent to which they wish to impose limitations.· It will not impose time limitation.· Using loosely coupled multiprocessing imposes a few limitations, both on programmers and hardware.· If a neural network system is good at recall functions only, then it is necessary to impose constraints and limitations.· A different set of rules then operate to impose limitations on the expression of aggro.· While the courts have jealously protected an individual's right to notice, they have imposed limitations upon it.· There is good evidence that these imperfections are imposed by performance limitations.· Normally, such an agreement will impose strict limitations and involve a fee or royalty payable to the artist.
· The system only interacts with the user in order to try to overcome the complexities or limitations of its own mechanisms.· Three orientations by size of the collectivity may be sufficient to overcome this limitation.· The greenfly, another live-bearer, has evolved a way of overcoming even this limitation.· The expectation is that special learners will adapt to overcome their limitations to the extent possible.· We propose to overcome these limitations through the use of a new methodology for the assessment of connectionist networks.· By grouping together, individuals overcome limitations imposed by both the physical environment and also their own biological limitations.
· Although possibly more relevant in connection with reinstatement the tenant should attempt to place some limitation on the persons who could void the policy.· In addition, the Committee has discussed placing limitations on donations to independent campaigns.· This suggests that Elizabeth does have some freedom to shape her life, although society will always place limitations on that freedom.· This places particular limitations on the time-tabling.· If international law can place no limitation on Parliament's powers, can time do so?
· Whereas practitioners of the occult would explain everything by magic, modern science has recognized the limitations of its knowledge.· Dulles implicitly recognized the limitations on brinksmanship.· He recognized his limitations, but he made little attempt to develop another technique.· We need to recognize the limitations of such an approach, for every culture is unique.· However, it is necessary to recognize these limitations of enumeration so that they can be overcome in practice.· The falsificationist, by contrast, recognizes the limitation of induction and the subservience of observation to theory.· For recognizing the restraints and limitations of the old policies is not at all the same as removing them.
· Here I thought Tan at his best in transcending any hint of limitation in the instrument's expressive range.· But the insects have, in another way, transcended even the limitation of scale.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounlimitlimitationdelimitationadjectivelimited ≠ unlimitedlimitinglimitlessverblimitdelimit
1[uncountable] the act or process of controlling or reducing somethinglimitation to Any limitation to the king’s power could be permanent. a nuclear limitation treaty → damage limitation at damage1(3)2[countable usually plural] qualities that stop someone or something from being as good or as effective as you wish they could be SYN  weaknesslimitation of Despite the limitations of the survey, it did suggest some general trends. It’s a good little car, but it has its limitations.3[countable, uncountable] a rule or condition that stops something from increasing beyond a particular pointlimitation on/upon a limitation on the number of hours children can workput/place/impose limitations The new law imposes limitations on campaign contributions.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbshave limitations· The system does have its limitations.place limitations on something· Spending limitations have been placed on the council's housing budget.impose limitations on something (=an emphatic way of saying to place limitations on something)· The government has imposed severe limitations on the types of food that can be imported.overcome limitations (also transcend limitations formal) (=do more than you would normally be able or allowed to do)· Can men and women ever transcend the limitations of their roles?know/recognize limitations (=know what your qualities or abilities will allow you to do)· Know your limitations, and don't exercise too hard or you'll get injured.accept the limitations of something· Take pride in your achievements, but accept your limitations.expose/reveal/show something's/somebody's limitations (=show where something or someone is not very good)· The film shows his limitations as a actor.adjectivessevere/serious/important limitations· This approach to the problem has serious limitations.inherent limitations formal (=limitations that are a natural part of something)· We recognize the inherent limitations of our research.technical limitations· This odd effect on the film results from technical limitations in the video equipment.physical limitations· He has physical limitations which prevent him from lifting heavy objects.practical limitations· Practical limitations, such as a shortage of equipment, may prevent them from achieving their goal.legal limitations (=limitations because of law)· Certain legal limitations are placed on the scope of Parliament's power.
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