Her love for him was being tested to its limits.

她对他的爱经受着极其严峻的考验。

There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day. [+ to]

每天食用多少新鲜水果都可以。

Firefighters are being stretched to the limit as fire sweeps through the drought-stricken state.

火势在这个遭受旱灾的州里迅速蔓延，消防队员疲于应对，接近极限。

The three month time limit will be up in mid-June.

3个月的限期截至6月中旬。

The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales. [+ on]

经济部长宣布了对石油销售的限制。

...the city limits of Baghdad. [+ of]

巴格达市区

She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget. [+ of]

她不得不在相当紧张的预算范围内精打细算。

He outlined the limits of British power. [+ of]

他勾画了英国的势力范围。

He limited payments on the country's foreign debt. [VERB noun]

他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。

The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million. [VERB noun + to]

这一观点认为经济将会增长2.25%，这将把失业人数限定在250万左右。

It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to]

现在人们已经接受，男性一周饮酒量不应超过20个单位。

Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each. [VERB noun + to]

选民削减了市政会委员的薪酬，并且限定他们每人只配一个工作人员。

The protests were not limited to New York. [be VERB-ed + to]

抗议活动不只限于纽约。

Entry to this prize draw is limited to UK residents.

这次抽奖只限英国公民参加。

A one-mile area around the wreck is still off limits.

沉船方圆一英里内仍然禁止进入。

These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.

这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。

Smoking was off limits everywhere.

到处都禁止吸烟。

If police breathalyse me and find I am over the limit I face a long ban.

如果警察对我作呼气测醉试验，发现我饮酒过量，我将会被禁驾很长时间。

He was found to be three times over the limit.

他血液中的酒精浓度是允许极限的3倍。

They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit.

他们发现，就收入和事业成功来讲，多高都有可能的。

In the circumstances we'll tell you what we can, within limits, of course, and in confidence.

在这种情况下，我们会把能告诉你的都告诉你，当然这是有限度的，而且需要保密。