| 词汇 | limitation |
| 释义 | limitation noun uk /ˌlɪm.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌlɪm.əˈteɪ.ʃən/ C1[ U ] the act of controlling and especially reducing something: 限制，限定 the limitation of nuclear weapons对核武器的限制 Synonyms check(LIMIT) constraint control(POWER) curb(CONTROL) curtailment limit rein restraint restriction limitationsC1[ plural ]disapproving If someone or something has limitations, that person or thing is not as good as they or it could be: 局限，局限性 Living in an apartment is fine, but it does have its limitations - for example, you don't have your own garden.住公寓不错，但也有其局限性——如没有自己的花园。 Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in crippling cripplingly crowd curb curtail keep (herself) to herselfidiom keep something down limit limitative limiting suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up uncrippled limitation | American Dictionarylimitation noun[ C/U ] us/ˌlɪm·ɪˈteɪ·ʃən/ the act of controlling, or something that controls: [ C ]The major limitation of early record players was the short playing time of the records. [ U ]They favor anything that involves limitation of government control. limitation | Business Englishlimitation noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən/us [ C, usually plural ] something that controls or reduces something: limitation on/upon sthThere are strict limitations on where such businesses can locate. impose/place limitations on sb/sthOur course registration system placed limitations on how many students at one time could register for courses. the act of controlling or reducing something: One of the aims of the union from the beginning was the limitation of employers' authority. if someone or something has limitations, they are not as good as they could be: Limitations imposed by its subject matter make the book a dull read. Despite his limitations as a manager, he always brings projects to completion on time. acknowledge/recognize sth's limitationsThe UN must acknowledge its limitations, and avoid getting dragged into conflicts it cannot resolve. See also damage limitation Examples of limitationlimitation Note that the limitation to aggregate-stratified programs is justified also from philosophical perspectives. A third limitation is the dependence of the results on time-specific depressive symptoms. One of the theoretical limitations of existing second-language acquisition theories is the dependence upon the notion of integrativeness to explain success in second-language acquisition. The difficulty here concerns the limitations of conceptual and theoretical models for dealing with many of the identified issues. The nature and limitations of this strategy are then explicit. The goal of understanding the limitations of the simulation tool is fairly straightforward. The main limitations in treating metastatic disease include poor vector transduction efficiencies and difficulties in targeting remote tumour cells with systemic vector delivery. If these limitations can be identified, they will help us better understand the child's problems, and moreover, provide more specific targets for intervention. These limitations are not surprising, since neither pattern is truly 'physiological'. However, due to the limitation of artificial intelligence, we are still far away from developing a truly intelligent robot. Note that unlike the grammar, parsing is subject to time constraints and capacity limitations. If differences between the children's speech and adult speech cannot be observed, it is unclear what role performance limitations play in early verb-argument structure production. The limitations of clinical methodology are discussed, for example, the pros and cons of various cognitive assessment tools, and this is valuable. A limitation of this data set was the lack of complete data reporting. Perhaps most striking is the limitation of the reduplicant to nasal material. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withlimitationlimitationThese are words often used in combination with limitation. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. additional limitation An additionallimitation of the causal modeling was that it could not identify third variable effects. budgetary limitation I would like, however, to refer to the question of budgetary limitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 dispersal limitation We propose that insect dispersal limitation is one likely factor. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with limitation |
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