表示某事物或某人的范围、用途、活动等受到约束,只能在特定的界限内存在或进行。
1、 结构特点:
"be restricted to" 是被动语态短语,其中 "to" 是介词,后接名词、代词或动名词(doing)(不能接动词原形)。
2、 常见搭配场景
通常用于规则、规定、政策、限制条件等语境,强调“仅限某范围/群体/用途”。常见搭配包括:
接具体范围/场所:
e.g. The library is restricted to students and faculty.(图书馆仅限学生和教职员工进入。)
接特定群体:
e.g. This discount is restricted to senior citizens.(此折扣仅限老年人享受。)
接用途/活动:
e.g. The equipment is restricted to experimental use only.(该设备仅限实验使用。)
接动名词(doing)(表示“被限制做某事”):
e.g. Visitors are restricted to taking photos in the lobby.(访客仅限在大厅拍照。)
若要表达“限制某人/某事到……”,主动形式是 restrict sb./sth. to sth.,被动形式则是 sb./sth. be restricted to sth.。
e.g.
主动:The school restricts cell phone use to the cafeteria.(学校限制手机仅在食堂使用。)
被动:Cell phone use is restricted to the cafeteria at school.(学校里手机仅限在食堂使用。)
The park is restricted to dogs on leashes.(公园仅限拴 leash 的狗进入。)
The scholarship is restricted to students with a GPA above 3.5.(奖学金仅限GPA 3.5以上的学生申请。)
Patients are restricted to eating light meals before surgery.(患者手术前仅限吃清淡食物。)
"be restricted to sth." 本质是被动的限制表达,核心是“划定边界”,重点记住:
"to" 是介词,后接名词/动名词;
用于强调“仅限某范围”的规则或约束。