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limiting

/lim-i-ting/US // ˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ //

限制,限制性,限制条件,限制性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
    • : Grammar. of the nature of a limiting adjective or a restrictive clause.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconfine, restrict

Examples

  • The new menu of communication options on offer seemed to promise more choice, but actually represented some serious limiting of our ability to reach each other.

  • That is great in some ways, but it is obviously a little bit more limiting because the data is confined only within their house.

  • The problem with this attachment to a particular place, though, is that it can seem limiting.

  • Conservative advocates of limiting convictions to cases of “forcible rape” often rely on “traditional values.”

  • Farmers have begun limiting access to their farms and pigs to prevent virus importation.

  • Many have left the religion of their childhoods because of such narrow and limiting attitudes.

  • Silicon chips are typically two-dimensional, Boahen explained, limiting the number of dedicated currents they can utilize.

  • It has as yet suffered no loss and is able to restrict its loss to a minimum by limiting the loan to a particular figure.

  • And on the third reading of the bill, the Duke of Richmond proposed limiting the bill to seven of the largest towns.

  • Except when the limiting stresses are of opposite sign, the two tables agree very well.

  • The bones of the skull are likely to be thicker and heavier than usual, thus also limiting the cranial capacity.

  • The French women now appear in simple attire and are limiting their shopping to the few things they need.