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

• The influence is closely correlative with border on district, the impulse of war, expedite traffic and Kaimingshi.
  这种文化影响主要与地缘的濒临、战争的推动、交通的畅通及楚人开明氏的治蜀等原因有关。
• Turns chart border on or off.
  打开或关闭图表边框。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Leamas crosses Danish border on his own passport.
  利马斯用自己的护照进入丹麦。
• While his behavior can border on antisocial, House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect.
  虽然豪斯几乎是个愤世嫉俗的反社会论者，他非传统的思维方式和精准无瑕的职业直觉令他赢得了病人和同僚的一致尊敬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。