b)if a subject is off limits, you are not allowed to talk about it 禁止谈论
Unlike most group discussions, nothing was off limits.
话题没有限制,这和大多数小组讨论不一样。
Examples from the Corpus
off limits• The basement was always off limits to us kids.• Nearly one-quarter of the land will be completely off limits to development.• SocialSecurity, 25 percent of all spending for other than interest on the debt, has been declaredoff limits.• Rumour has it that these are children with learningdifficulties; off limits to our group of visiting helpers.• Consequently there is no topic that is off limits for discussion, even if a few are off limits for experimentation.• People's reaction to lossremains one of society's least understood and most off limits topics for discussion.• However; it was off limits for Robbie to hit or scratch his sister.• Unlike most group discussions, nothing was off limits.
a)beyond the area where someone is allowed to go 禁止入内的
That area of beach was off limits to us ‘city kids’.
我们“城市孩子”不得进入那个沙滩区域。
b)beyond what you are allowed to do or have 不容涉足的
His private life is off limits to the press.
他的私生活不容媒体涉足。
Examples from the Corpus
off limits• The basement was always off limits to us kids.• Nearly one-quarter of the land will be completely off limits to development.• SocialSecurity, 25 percent of all spending for other than interest on the debt, has been declaredoff limits.• Rumour has it that these are children with learningdifficulties; off limits to our group of visiting helpers.• Consequently there is no topic that is off limits for discussion, even if a few are off limits for experimentation.• People's reaction to lossremains one of society's least understood and most off limits topics for discussion.• However; it was off limits for Robbie to hit or scratch his sister.• Unlike most group discussions, nothing was off limits.