the accepted or furthest limits of something 限制範圍;極限 beyond/outside/within the bounds of decency 沒體統;有體統 I am afraid your behaviour was beyond the bounds of decency. 恐怕你的行爲超出了體面的範圍。 Public spending must be kept within reasonable bounds. 公共開支必須控制在合理的範圍内。 It was not beyond the bounds of possibility that they would meet again one day. 他們有一天會再度相遇,這不是沒有可能。 His enthusiasm knew no bounds (= was very great). 他有無限熱情。
Idioms
by/in leaps and bounds
out of bounds
out of bounds (to/for somebody)
- (especially British English)
if a place is out of bounds, people are not allowed to go there see also off-limitsTopics Permission and obligationc2不準進入;禁止入内