within /wɪˈðɪn, wɪθ-/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PREP If something is within a place, area, or object, it is inside it or surrounded by it. 在…里 [正式]

  例：

  Clients are entertained within private dining rooms.

  客户们在私人餐厅里受到款待。

• 2. 

  ADV Within is also an adverb. 在里面

  例：

  A small voice called from within. "Yes, just coming."

  从里面传出一个很小的声音：“是的，就来了。”

• 3. 

  PREP Something that happens or exists within a society, organization, or system, happens or exists inside it. 在 (社会、组织或体系) 中

  例：

  ...the spirit of self-sacrifice within an army.

  …军队里的自我牺牲精神。

• 4. 

  ADV Within is also an adverb. 在内部

  例：

  The real dangers to these rebels came from within.

  对于这些叛乱分子真正的危险来自内部。

• 5. 

  PREP If something is within a particular limit or set of rules, it does not go beyond it or is not more than what is allowed. 在 (某一限制或规则) 之内

  例：

  Troops have agreed to stay within specific boundaries to avoid confrontations.

  部队已同意驻扎在特定地界内，以避免冲突。

• 6. 

  PREP If you are within a particular distance of a place, you are less than that distance from it. 在 (一定距离) 之内

  例：

  The man was within a few feet of him.

  那名男子离他只有几英尺。

• 7. 

  PREP Within a particular length of time means before that length of time has passed. 在 (一定时间) 之内 [PREP amount]

  例：

  About 40% of all students entering as freshmen graduate within 4 years.

  所有新入学的学生中大约有40%在4年内毕业。

• 8. 

  PREP If something is within sight, within earshot, or within reach, you can see it, hear it, or reach it. 在 (视线、听力、手臂所及的范围) 之内

  例：

  His twenty-five-foot boat was moored within sight of his house.

  他那只25英尺长的小船停在他房子的视野范围之内。

• 9. 

  within reason →see reason