keep within bounds

基本解释

Self-love, kept within due bounds, is a natural and useful sentiment.
控制在适当范围内的自爱，是一种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.
令人惊奇的是，这些银行的股东们竟能同时使银行家们的奖金维持在一个合理的范围内。
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.
一家以色列内部军队调查机构指出，除了为数不多的错误，三个月之前以色列在加沙地带采取的军事行动完全遵守国际法。

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