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take/catch the limited to [place]
作名词时，limited 指停靠站很少的快车或快巴；用 the limited 特指某班车。
We took the limited to Edinburgh and arrived in under four hours.
我们乘坐直达快车去爱丁堡，不到四小时就到了。
特快车；直达快车
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特快车；直达快车
A fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops.
We took the limited to Edinburgh and arrived in under four hours.
我们乘坐直达快车去爱丁堡，不到四小时就到了。
一种仅在有限站点停靠的快车。
An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
特快公共交通工具
public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
I caught the 8:15 limited to the city and arrived in just 45 minutes.
我赶上了8点15分的特快列车去市区，只用了45分钟就到了。
The limited makes only three stops between here and the airport.
这趟快速巴士从这里到机场只停三站。
If you're in a hurry, take the limited instead of the local.
如果你赶时间，坐特快列车而不要坐慢车。
作名词时，limited 指停靠站很少的快车或快巴；用 the limited 特指某班车。
We took the limited to Edinburgh and arrived in under four hours.
我们乘坐直达快车去爱丁堡，不到四小时就到了。
可数名词，复数形式为 limiteds；时间词常放在 limited 前，用来指某一次固定的车次。
The 7:45 limited from Cardiff is pulling in now.
7点45分从加的夫开出的直达快车现在正进站。
Not this
I took limited from Boston to New York this morning.
Use this
I took a limited from Boston to New York this morning.
在这个语境中，limited 是可数名词，意为“特快车/直达车”，单数形式前必须加冠词 a 或 the。汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉，所以补上 a 才符合英语语法。
Not this
There are two limited on this route.
Use this
There are two limiteds on this route.
limited 是规则可数名词，复数形式要加 -s 变为 limiteds。汉语名词没有单复数变化，学习者常忘记加复数结尾，因此这里必须写 limiteds。
Not this
This is limited.
Use this
This is a limited.
limited 作形容词时意为“有限的/受限制的”，不是“特快的”。要表达“这是一辆特快车”，必须把 limited 用作名词并在前面加 a，即 a limited，否则句子意思会变成“这是有限的”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
乘坐特快车
We decided to take the limited instead of the local train.
我们决定乘坐特快车而不是普通慢车。
赶上特快公共汽车
You can catch a limited to the airport from this stop.
你可以在这个车站赶上开往机场的特快公共汽车。
等候特快车
We waited for the limited on platform three.
我们在三号站台等候特快车。
开往〔目的地〕的特快车
The limited to Boston is now boarding.
开往波士顿的特快车现在正在检票上车。
你的时间有限，所以不要浪费时间去过别人的生活。
Steve Jobs, in his 2005 Stanford University commencement address, urging graduates to follow their own intuition and dreams.
史蒂夫·乔布斯在2005年斯坦福大学毕业典礼演讲中，敦促毕业生追随自己的直觉和梦想。
Use limited naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 limit=限制：limited 特快车只“限制”停靠少数大站，少停所以快。
语域：neutral 常见场景：railway timetables、transit announcements 该名词义指仅停靠少数站点的特快列车或公共汽车，多用于交通时刻表、车站或运输公司说明等较正式或说明性语境，日常口语中较少作为名词单独使用。
在读音 /ˈlɪmətəd/ 下，没有常见单词与之押韵。以下单词虽拼写相似（以 -ited 结尾），但读音不同：visited /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/、edited /ˈɛdɪtɪd/、excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/；unlimited 共享完整后缀 limited，但重音和元音可能不同。
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