| 单词 | limit |
| 释义 | limit —limitable, adj. —limitableness, n. /lim"it/, n. 1. the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision. 2. a boundary or bound, as of a country, area, or district. 3. Math. a. a number such that the value of a given function remains arbitrarily close to this number when the independent variable is sufficiently close to a specified point or is sufficiently large. The limit of 1/x is zero as x approaches infinity; the limit of (x - 1)2 is zero as x approaches 1. b. a number such that the absolute value of the difference between terms of a given sequence and the number approaches zero as the index of the terms increases to infinity. c. one of two numbers affixed to the integration symbol for a definite integral, indicating the interval or region over which the integration is taking place and substituted in a primitive, if one exists, to evaluate the integral. 4. limits, the premises or region enclosed within boundaries: We found them on school limits after hours. 5. Games. the maximum sum by which a bet may be raised at any one time. 6. the limit, Informal. something or someone that exasperates, delights, etc., to an extreme degree: You have made errors before, but this is the limit. v.t. 7. to restrict by or as if by establishing limits (usually fol. by to): Please limit answers to 25 words. 8. to confine or keep within limits: to limit expenditures. 9. Law. to fix or assign definitely or specifically. [1325-75; ME lymyt < L limit- (s. of limes) boundary, path between fields] Syn. 2. confine, frontier, border. 8. restrain, bound. |
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