periphery

英 [pəˈrɪfəri]

美 [pəˈrɪfəri]

n.  边缘; 周围; 外围; 次要部分; 次要活动

复数：peripheries　

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牛津词典

noun

• 边缘；周围；外围
  the outer edge of a particular area
  1. industrial development on the periphery of the town
     城镇周边地区工业的发展
  2. The condition makes it difficult for patients to see objects at the periphery of their vision.
     这种病症使患者难于看见视觉边缘的物体。
• 次要部分；次要活动；边缘
  the less important part of sth, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group
  1. minor parties on the periphery of American politics
     处于美国政治边缘的小党派

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 边缘；周围；外围
  If something is on theperipheryof an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it.
  1. Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent...
     从地理位置上讲，英国处于欧洲边缘，而巴黎却位于欧洲大陆的中心位置。
  2. Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery.
     味蕾集中于舌尖、舌根和舌头两侧。
• N-COUNT （学科、兴趣的）边缘，次要部分
  Theperipheryof a subject or area of interest is the part of it that is not considered to be as important or basic as the main part.
  1. The sociological study of religion moved from the centre to the periphery of sociology.
     宗教的社会学研究从社会学的中心学科变成了边缘学科。

英英释义

noun

• the outside boundary or surface of something
  Synonym:fringeouter boundary

双语例句

• The result was a loss of competitiveness on the periphery.
  其结果是欧元区外围国家丧失了竞争力。
• The crisis in the eurozone's periphery is not an accident: it is inherent in the system.
  欧元区外围成员国所出现的危机不是偶然的：而是该体系固有的结果。
• Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery.
  味蕾集中于舌尖、舌根和舌头两侧。
• The periphery of the retina is very sensitive to motion.
  视网膜的外围对运动非常敏感。
• So it has been in the eurozone periphery.
  目前欧元区外围国家的情况正是如此。
• Contagion has now spread from the periphery to the centre, to Spain and Italy.
  病毒已经从欧洲外围国家蔓延到西班牙和意大利等核心国家。
• The debt crisis in the West European periphery has increased downside risks to global recovery and oil prices.
  西欧周边地区的债务危机已经增大了全球复苏和原油价格的下行风险。
• The political elites of the eurozone periphery are responsible for having lost access to the financial markets in 2010.
  欧元区外围国家的政治精英应该对他们2010年无法再进入金融市场负责。
• Geographically Cuba and Taiwan are both islands at the periphery of continents.
  就地理而言，古巴与台湾都是大陆边缘的一个岛屿。
• This makes the frame periphery visible again.
  这会使框架的周边再次可见。