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

• Second, offers of NATO membership to countries that border on Russia are provocative.
  其次，邀请与俄罗斯接壤的国家加入北约具有挑衅性。
• Leamas crosses Danish border on his own passport.
  利马斯用自己的护照进入丹麦。
• The above tactics must also be carried out in those parts of the large Liberated Areas in northern, northeastern and northwestern China which border on enemy territory.
  就是在华北、东北、西北各大解放区的接敌地区，亦须实行上述同样的策略。
• Security forces patrolling the long stretch of desert south of the Libyan border on Sunday spotted the convoy on its way to the northern town of Agadez.
  在利比亚南部边境狭长的沙漠地带巡逻的安全部队周日发现车队正前往尼日尔北部的阿加德兹。
• When he says that bond purchases border on an illegal act of debt monetising, he is expressing a consensus view among German economists, lawyers and politicians.
  当他表示购买债券几乎等同于债务货币化的非法行为时，他所表达的是德国经济学家、律师和政界人士的共同看法。
• 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。
• Turns chart border on or off.
  打开或关闭图表边框。
• Its northern suburbs adjoin Staffordshire, and its southern and southwestern suburbs border on Hereford and Worcester.
  它的北部郊区毗邻斯塔福德郡。南部和西南部的郊区与赫里福德伍斯特郡接壤。
• 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。
• 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。