一、详细释义:


n.

bound的复数形式;界限


例句:

Keep it within bounds.

请把它保持在限制范围内。


例句:

Knowledge knows no bounds.

知识是无穷尽的。


v.

bound的第三人称单数形式;弹回

二、词义辨析:


border,bounds,boundary,frontier,limit

这些名词均含有“边界,边境”之意。 border多指国与国之间或两地区的分界处,即分界线附近的边缘部分。 bounds常与boundary换用,指土地边界,但意思不如boundary明确,主要用于抽象事物和文学作品中。 boundary侧重地图上正式标定的、双方遵守的边界,也可指较小行政单位间的界线。 frontier指两国接壤的前沿地区,属于各国的国境和边疆,多指设防的边界。 limit含义广泛,常用作复数。指任何界限、范围、分界线外面的部分,可指有形或无形的东西。


三、相关短语:


out of bounds

超出界外,犯规,越轨;禁止入内


四、参考例句:


There are some bounds between them.

他们之间确实存在界限。


Please keep within the bounds of reason.

请勿越出理智范围。


There are no bounds to his ambition.

他的野心是无止境的。


Nothing is out of bounds for us!

我们完全是无底线的!


Her manners transgressed the bounds of good taste.

她的行为超越了高尚的界限。


His manners transgressed the bounds of good taste.

他的举止有伤大雅。


Was it possible, was it within the bounds of imagination?

难道这是可能的,是讲得通的吗?


Our neurological understanding of memory has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past several decades.

从神经科学的角度,我们对记忆的了解在过去数十年里突飞猛进。


A powerhouse of physical energy, he bounces and bounds with swift, long strides.

他体力过人,走起路来蹦蹦跳跳,步子又大又快。


In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.

在清一色男性的公司里,可能他的举止确实有失得体。