| 单词 | off-limits |
| 释义 | off-limits adjective[after verb] uk/ˌɒfˈlɪm.ɪts/us/ˌɑːfˈlɪm.ɪts/C2 If anareaoflandis off-limits, you are notallowedtoenterit. 禁止入内的Forbidding and banning things
Examplesofoff-limitsoff-limits Yet, there are not only few referees in this all-important "game," but also the subject itself has been almost entirelyoff-limitsin the academic literature. From theCambridge English Corpus A private zone, accessible by private gates in the rear palace wall, housed the king and his dependants and was generallyoff-limitsto visitors. From theCambridge English Corpus There are still some spaces which areoff-limitsfor cellular phones, such as aeroplanes and churches. From theCambridge English Corpus Details about the physician's private life would remainoff-limitsin the research and the reporting. From theCambridge English Corpus They have raised objections to the archeological investigation of capitalism, claiming that it constitutes a metanarrative and thus isoff-limits. From theCambridge English Corpus If first-family sisters are not naturallyoff-limits, then second-family sisters are not even habitually so. From theCambridge English Corpus The increasing assertiveness of the press emboldened independent journalists to tackle themes previouslyoff-limits, from official corruption to electoral fraud, further eroding the regime's declining legitimacy. From theCambridge English Corpus In sheltered housing there is no obvious area for back region behaviour, other than an individual's flat which, as has been discussed, is largelyoff-limitsto other tenants. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite this program and its popular dissemination in physiognomy and phrenology, in the first third of the nineteenth century, the brains of geniuses wereoff-limitsfor moral reasons. From theCambridge English Corpus Helier hospital areoff-limitsto patients because of health and safety concerns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So long as the lawyer was there discussing business with a so-called client according to this amendment that place would beoff-limits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that it would be reasonable for us to place any further sources of informationoff-limitsto registration officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have made it clear that certain sensitive information will be placedoff-limitsto registration officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of this area is a walking campus that isoff-limitsto motorized vehicles. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlike her father, she's willing to bite men as well as women, but she's accepted that classmates areoff-limits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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. |
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