核心畫面

One way to see it: a flat hand pressed down on top of something that is trying to rise. Everything under the hand may be in perfect order, and it still cannot go any higher. The important part is which side the word names. Limiting is the hand, not the thing being pressed. Sometimes what is under the hand is a project or a number, and sometimes it is a person.

可以想成:一隻手平平壓在一樣正想往上長的東西上面。底下的東西可能一切都好,就是再也升不上去。關鍵在這個字站在哪一邊。更多收起可以想成:一隻手平平壓在一樣正想往上長的東西上面。底下的東西可能一切都好,就是再也升不上去。關鍵在這個字站在哪一邊。limiting 指的是那隻手,不是被壓住的東西。被壓住的那一邊,英文用 limited。有時候被壓住的是一件事、一個數字,有時候被壓住的是一個人。

One branch

壓住上限的那一方

兩個意思用的是同一隻手,差別只在手底下壓的是事還是人。

adjective · B2

Holding something back so that it cannot grow, improve, or go any further. It is often used of the one condition that sets the ceiling, as in the phrase a limiting factor.

造成限制的;卡住發展的

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

limitingnoun/ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/

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    A limitation.

    • After the discoveries of criticism, the new reverence for the Bible will teach one thing, and that namely which has been my theme, — how much deeper the truth that is in Christ lies than the errors and limitings of the understanding […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。