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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Leamas crosses Danish border on his own passport.
  利马斯用自己的护照进入丹麦。
• Such designs can border on camp or tacky, in the wrong hands.
  如果搭配不当，这种设计看上去像是去露营或是捡破烂的。
• West Malaysia ( Peninsular Malaysia or Malay Peninsula) shares a land border on the north with Thailand and is connected by the Johor Causeway and the Tuas Second Link on the south with Singapore.
  堤道和大士的第二通道（TuasSecondlink）从南方和新加坡相连。
• He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor
  他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
• 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
• 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。
• There seems to be at least built in to Aristotle's account of politics a certain flexibility a certain latitude of discretion that in some passages even seems to border on a kind of relativism.
  那看似建入于，亚里士多德对政治的描述，某种弹性，某种恣意的判断力，在有些段落甚至，看起来近似一种相对论。