bounds
n[pl]
1 limits 界限: keep within/go beyond the bounds of reason, sanity, decency, propriety, etc 有[沒]理性、理智、體統(tǒng)、禮貌等
It is not beyond the bounds of possibility (that...). (...)不是不可能的.
Are there no bounds to his ambition? 他的野心難道沒有止境嗎?
Public spending must be kept within reasonable bounds. 公共事務(wù)的開銷必須保持在合理的范圍以內(nèi).
2 (idm 習(xí)語) know no bounds => know. out of `bounds (to sb) (US off limits) (of a place) not to be entered or visited (by sb) (指某地方)禁止(某人)入內(nèi); 謝絕(某人)參觀
The town's pubs and bars are out of bounds to troops. 軍人不得進(jìn)入城里的酒館和酒吧.