At some point, there has to be a limit on how much land can be used for sugar cane production—certainly if you want to preserve natural habitats and native wildlife.

有些时候必须限制用来生产甘蔗的土地面积——当然，如果你想保护自然栖息地和本土野生动物的话。

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The speed limit on the freeway is 55mph.

这条高速公路的限速为每小时55英里。

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The new speed limit on this road becomes effective from 1 June.

这条路上新的限速规定自6月1日起生效。

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The government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed on budget cuts and new taxes to bring Germany's deficit within the European Union limit of 3 percent of GDP.

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To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to close the writing.

在创作的时候，作者会给文章加上个限制，他最后会给出一个象征意义来结束写作。

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When you start describing the significance of a symbol like the tunnel, which recurs in the book, you immediately begin to limit it, and a symbol should go on deepening.

当你开始描述一个象征的意义,比如说在书中，反复出现的隧道，当你一开始予以限制，这个象征就会继续深化。

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There is likely to be a limit on withdrawals and a limit on the export of euros.

BBC: Cyprus bank crisis: the legacy

But opponents of a limit on total spending think that it might, in practice, be a limit on freedom of expression.

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In return, Thomas Cook agreed to a moratorium on acquisitions and a limit on capital spending.

WSJ: Thomas Cook Secures Extended Financing