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

• It is one of those strange phenomena that sometimes border on the fantastic.
  梦游是那种有时近似于奇异怪诞的不可思议的现象之一。
• The leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army failed to appear at peace talks on the Sudan-Uganda border, Congo border on Sunday.
  乌干达起义军的领导未能在周日在苏丹-乌干达、果边界发票和平宣言。
• But the real issue, according to the prime minister, Zurab Nogaideli, is another one: control of commerce into two separatist enclaves that border on Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
  不过，格鲁吉亚总理祖拉布•诺盖杰利，真正的问题出在分离主义者盘踞的南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹（均与俄罗斯接壤）的贸易控制权上。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our impression when we crossed the border on the first day, was the number of people enjoying the holiday weekend, out and about camping on the side of the rivers and in the countryside.
  我们的印象，当我们在第一天越过边界，是享受周末假期的人，外出走动露营对河流边，在农村的数量。
• 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。
• 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。
• Leamas crosses Danish border on his own passport.
  利马斯用自己的护照进入丹麦。