單詞
off-limits
英 [?f'limits]
美
基本信息
- adj. 禁止進入的，禁區的
中文詞源
off-limits 禁止入內
off,離開，limit,界限。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- off-limits (adj.)
- "forbidden," by 1881, U.S. military academies jargon, from off (adv.) + limit (n.). Earlier (1857) it was applied to cadets, etc., who were in violation of the limitations on their movement and behavior.
雙語例句
- 1. I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.
- 我感覺吐吐苦水對我有好處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.
- 他們的第一輛車于12月16日下線。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
- 在一個公路檢查站法國士兵擺開架勢，準備迎戰一名持槍者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
- 燈光照在滿是灰塵的墻上，反射回蒼白的冷光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Telmex" was bought off the government by a group of investors.
- 一批投資商從政府手中買下墨西哥電信公司。
來自柯林斯例句
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