finite

• adj. 有限的；限定的
• n. 有限之物

來自拉丁語finis, 終結(jié)，邊界，詞源同finish.引申義有邊界的，有限制的。

finite (adj.)

early 15c., "limited in space or time, finite," from Latin finitum, past participle of finire "to limit, set bounds; come to an end" (see finish (v.)). Related: Finitely; finiteness.

1. The fossil fuels (coal and oil) are finite resources.

化石燃料（如煤和石油）屬于有限資源。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The physical universe is finite in space and time.

物質(zhì)世界在時間和空間上是有限的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a finite number of possibilities

為數(shù)有限的可能

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. These are the finite forms of a verb.

這些是一個動詞的限定形式.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Human understanding is finite.

人的理解力是有限的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》