1.(最高的限度)the limit; the maximum; the ultimate limit; limitation; extremity; tipping point:(例)人的寿命极限the extreme limit of human life;(例)达到了极限reach the limit;(例)限速每小时40英里,不要超过这个极限the speed limit is 40 miles an hour. don't exceed this maximum.(例)他知道自己能力的极限he knows his own limitations2.(数)limit