demarcation

英 [ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌdiːmɑːrˈkeɪʃn]

n.  (工种、人、土地等的)划分，区分，界线

复数：demarcations　

医学

BNC.15681 / COCA.19340

牛津词典

noun

• （工种、人、土地等的）划分，区分，界线
  a border or line that separates two things, such as types of work, groups of people or areas of land
  1. It was hard to draw clear lines of demarcation between work and leisure.
     在工作和闲暇之间很难划出明确的界限。
  2. social demarcations
     社会阶层的划分

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 界线(或界限)的划定
  Demarcationis the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
  1. ...the demarcation line between Indian and Pakistani Kashmir...
     克什米尔的印度控制区和巴基斯坦控制区之间的分界线
  2. Talks were continuing about the demarcation of the border between the two countries.
     关于两国之间边界划定问题的谈判仍在继续。

英英释义

noun

• a conceptual separation or distinction
  1. there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
  Synonym:linedividing linecontrast
• the boundary of a specific area
  Synonym:limitdemarcation line

双语例句

• We found demarcation walls in many farm units indicating the borderline between the water rights of adjacent farms.
  我们在许多耕作单元内找到分界墙，表明相邻农场之间用水权的分界线。
• Chapter two is about the demarcation and definition of internalism and externalism.
  第二章“内在主义与外在主义的划界与概念界定”。
• Transaction demarcation can have a negative effect on service layer reusability if implemented inappropriately.
  如果实现方式不当，事务划分会对服务层可重用性产生负面影响。
• The demarcation between the cities and the wilderness remains, separating two very different worlds.
  城市和残存的荒野对峙，分成两个完全不同的世界。
• Talks were continuing about the demarcation of the border between the two countries.
  关于两国之间边界划定问题的谈判仍在继续。
• Today, the demarcation line between art and design become more and more blurred.
  当今，艺术与设计的界限正在逐渐模糊。
• The DAO may use Spring's declarative transaction demarcation as described above.
  DAO可以使用上面描述的Spring声明式事务划分。
• I'll use programmatic transaction demarcation to provide for greater flexibility for manual updates.
  我将用程序性事务界定为手动更新提供更大的灵活性。
• The criterion of irreversibility is also not decisive for the interpretation of demarcation of developmental homeostasis.
  不可逆标准对于解释或区分发育同形作用也是不明确的。
• The British crew was conducting searches near the demarcation line that separates the territorial waters of Iran and Iraq.
  英国船员正在伊拉克和伊朗领海划分线周围执行检查。