英语词汇“limited wars”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

limited wars

释义

limit /limˈit/

noun

A boundary, esp one which may not be passed
A restriction
A predetermined price at which a broker is instructed to buy or sell (stock exchange)
A value, position or figure that can be approached indefinitely (mathematics)
A prescribed time (Shakespeare)
Something which is bounded, a region or division
(with the) the unspeakable extreme of what may be endured (informal)

transitive verb

To confine within bounds
To restrict
To appoint or specify (Shakespeare)

ORIGIN: L līmes, -itis boundary

limˈitable adjective

limitāˈrian noun (theology)

Someone who limits salvation to part of mankind

limˈitary /-ə-ri/ adjective

Of a boundary
Placed at the boundary
Confined within limits
Licensed as a limiter (historical)

limitāˈtion noun

A limiting
A lack of physical ability, talent, etc
A specified period within which an action must be brought, etc (law)

limˈitātive adjective

Tending to limit

limˈited adjective

Within limits
Narrow
Restricted

noun

A limited company

limˈitedly adverb

limˈitedness noun

limˈiter noun

A person, device or circumstance that limits or confines
A friar who had a licence to beg within certain bounds (historical)

limˈiting noun and adjective

limˈitless adjective

Having no limits
Boundless
Immense
Infinite

limˈitlessly adverb

limˈitlessness noun

limited company or limˈited-liabilˈity company noun

One whose owners have liability for its debts, etc only according to their financial stake in it

limited edition noun

An edition, esp of a book, of which only a certain number of copies is printed or made

limited express noun (N American)

An express railway train carrying a limited number of passengers

limited liability see under liable

limited monarchy noun

One in which the monarch shares the supreme power with others, constitutional monarchy

limˈited-oˈver adjective

Of a cricket match, in which the number of overs bowled by each side is restricted

limited war noun

One in which the combatants' aim is not the total destruction of the enemy, esp one in which nuclear warfare is deliberately avoided

limit gauge noun (engineering)

A gauge used to verify that a part has been made to within specified dimensional limits

limit point noun (mathematics)

A point such that every neighbourhood of it includes at least one point of a given set

off limits

Out of bounds

statute of limitations

An act specifying the period within which certain action must be taken

within limits

To a limited extent

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