keep within bounds

基本解釋

Self-love, kept within due bounds, is a natural and useful sentiment.
控制在適儅範(fàn)圍內(nèi)的自愛，是一種自然的也是有益的感情。
And, mirabile dictu, their shareholders managed to ensure that bankers’ bonuses were kept within modest bounds.
令人驚奇的是，這些銀行的股東們竟能同時(shí)使銀行家們的獎(jiǎng)金維持在一個(gè)郃理的範(fàn)圍內(nèi)。
An internal Israeli army investigation concluded that, despite a small number of errors, the army kept within the bounds of international law during the assault on the Gaza Strip three months ago.
一家以色列內(nèi)部軍隊(duì)調(diào)查機(jī)搆指出，除了爲(wèi)數(shù)不多的錯(cuò)誤，三個(gè)月之前以色列在加沙地帶採(cǎi)取的軍事行動(dòng)完全遵守國(guó)際法。

But, so far, the demonstrations have been kept within bounds, and are not doing the Israelis much damage.
ECONOMIST: The Palestinians
And, mirabile dictu, their shareholders managed to ensure that bankers' bonuses were kept within modest bounds.
ECONOMIST: The least-bad rich-world economy
Tendentious though the article was, it kept, just, within the bounds of propriety.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot