border on

英 [ˈbɔːdə(r) ɒn]

美 [ˈbɔːrdər ɑːn]

和…毗邻; 与…接壤; 接近; 近似

柯林斯词典

• See also:He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor...The atmosphere borders on the surreal.border

英英释义

verb

• come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
  1. This borders on discrimination!
  2. His playing approaches that of Horowitz
  Synonym:approach

双语例句

• His rigid translation of this literary work border on literalness
  他对这部文学作品的生硬翻译近乎刻板
• I determine grades by several soft criteria that, to my students, seem to border on pure subjectivity.
  我通过一些软标准来评分，对于我的学生们来说，这好像是纯粹靠主观决定。
• Some of his statements are so incorrect that they border on fraudulence.
  他的某些说法非常不正确以致近乎欺诈。
• Ten years ago, World Bank officials would make arcane distinctions between concepts such as "adaptive corruption" and "dysfunctional corruption" that to their audience seemed to border on rationalisation.
  10年前，世界银行（worldbank）的官员还会解释诸如“适应性腐败”和“职能缺失性腐败”等概念之间的晦涩区别，他们的解释在听者耳朵里似乎还有点道理。
• Speaking on Saturday to foreign academics and journalists, Mr Putin said prospects for the eastbound energy links were very good and that Russia, with its border on the Pacific Ocean, had a certain natural advantage in developing ties in Asia.
  在上周六向外国学术界人士和记者发表讲话时，普京表示，东线能源管道的前景非常良好，同时，由于俄罗斯濒临太平洋，在发展与亚洲的关系方面，有着某种天然的优势。
• Turns chart border on or off.
  打开或关闭图表边框。
• Tundra is the name given to the low, marshy plains of Europe, Siberia, and North America that border on the Arctic Ocean.
  欧洲、西伯利亚和北美洲接近北冰洋的低洼沼泽平原名之为冻土带。
• But it is undeniable that certain fairly expensive aspects of the current tax system favour the most fortunate and border on the indefensible.
  但有一点无可否认，现行税制中一些代价相当高昂的方面对最幸运的人群有利，几乎完全没有道理。
• Special representatives held talks on the disputed border on the sidelines of the official visit. Neither side claimed real progress.
  双方特别代表在官方访问间隙就边界争议进行了讨论，但双方都没有宣布取得实际进展。
• We're not going to get across the border on the ground.
  我们不可能在陆地上穿过边境。