| 词组 | within |
| 释义 | within ◊ location If you are within something, you are inside it or surrounded by it. The prisoners demanded the freedom to congregate within the prison. The central shrine was a huge copper dome within a railing. This is a fairly formal use. Instead of 'within', you usually use inside. Ibrahim waited inside the house for a few moments. They've been sitting inside that green car ever since we came back from the restaurant. See entry at ↑ ◊ limits If something is within a particular limit, it does not go beyond that limit, or is not more than what is allowed. Within these limitations there were a number of options open to me. We must ask the schools to keep within their budget. ◊ time If something happens within a particular length of time, it happens before that length of time has passed. Within six years a fifty-mile canal was cut. The population doubled within a few hundred years. ◊ 'by' Do not confuse within with by. If you do something by a particular time, you have done it at or before that time. By two in the morning I had come to a conclusion. By 8.05 the group were in position. See entry at ↑ |
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