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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tundra is the name given to the low, marshy plains of Europe, Siberia, and North America that border on the Arctic Ocean.
  欧洲、西伯利亚和北美洲接近北冰洋的低洼沼泽平原名之为冻土带。
• 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。
• They crossed the Yugoslav border on the budapest-zagreb road.
  他们经布达佩斯。萨格勒布公路穿过南斯拉夫边界。