border noun ⇨border (on the northern border)⇨garden2 (herbaceous borders)border verb ⇨surroundborder
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border ♦︎ boundary ♦︎ line ♦︎ frontierThese are all words for a line that marks the edge of sth and separates it from other areas or things.这些词均表示分界线。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆across / along / on / over a / the border / boundary / line / frontier◆inside / within / beyond / outside the borders / boundaries / frontiers◆at the boundary / frontier◆the border / boundary / line / frontier between one place and another◆the border / boundary / frontier with a place◆north / south / east / west / one side / both sides of the border / boundary / line / frontier◆the northern / southern / eastern / western border / boundary / frontier◆a national / common border / boundary / frontier◆to form / mark / cross a / the border / boundary / line / frontier◆to arrive at / reach / stop at a / the border / boundary / frontier◆to share a border / boundary / frontier■border [countable] the line that separates two countries or areas; the land near this line国界;边界;边疆;边界地区◆They spent a week in a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania.他们在位于肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚边界的国家公园度过了一星期。◆The treaty fixed Denmark's new border with Germany.该条约确定了丹麦和德国之间新的国界线。◆I live in a small town in the US, near the Canadian border.我住在靠近加拿大边界的一个美国小镇。◆Thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border every day.每天都有数千非法移民穿越边界。■boundary ˈbaʊndri [countable] a line that marks the edges of an area of land and separates it from other areas边界;界限;分界线◆After the war the national boundaries were redrawn.战后重新划定了国界。◆Three settlers were killed in a boundary dispute last week.三个移民上周在边界争端中遇害。◆The fence marked the boundary between my property and hers.那道篱笆曾是我和她的房产之间的界线。■line [countable] a long thin mark on the ground to show the limit or border of sth, especially of a playing area in some sports; an imaginary boundary between one area of land and another; a line on a map that shows this(尤指运动场地的)界线,场界;(假想的或地图上标示的)分界线,边界线◆The ball went over the line.球出界了。◆ (BrE) The two horses crossed the finishing line together.那两匹马同时越过终点线。◆ (NAmE) the finish line终点线◆He was convicted of illegally importing weapons across state lines.他被判犯有非法越州偷运武器罪。◆Lines of longitude and latitude are marked on the map.地图上标有经线和纬线。■frontierˈfrʌntɪə(r); NAmEfrʌnˈtɪr [countable] (BrE) the line that separates two countries or areas; the land near this line国界;边界;边疆;边境◆The river formed the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes.这条河曾是撒克逊人与古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的分界线。◆There were very few border controls on the south-western frontier.西南边疆的边境管制极少。ⓘ The frontier [singular] is used in both British and American English to talk about the edge of land where people live and have built towns, beyond which the country is wild and unknown, especially in the Western US in the 19th century. * the frontier在英式和美式英语中均指有人居住并开发了城镇的边陲地带,以外便是荒芜的未知乡野,尤指19世纪美国西部的边远地区◆a remote frontier settlement位于荒僻边远地区的定居点◆ (figurative) Is space the final frontier?太空是最后的边疆吗?NOTE辨析 Which word?The point where you cross from one country to another is usually called the border. In British English it can also be called the frontier, but this is often in a context of wildness, danger and uncertainty.国界线通常叫border,英式英语中亦称frontier,但frontier常与荒芜、危险和不确定因素联系在一起◆The rebels control the frontier and the surrounding area.叛乱分子控制了边疆一带地区。The line on a map that shows the border of a country can be called the boundary but 'boundary' is not used when you cross from one country to another.地图上标示的国界线可叫boundary,但穿越国界不用boundary◆After the war the national boundaries were redrawn.战后重新划定了国界。◆Thousands of immigrants cross the boundary every day.Boundary is used for the borders between counties in Britain, both on the map and on the ground.在英国,boundary既指地图上标示的郡界,也指地面上的郡界◆We crossed the county boundary into Devon.我们越过郡界进入德文了。States and counties in the US are separated by lines but 'line' is not used for national borders.在美国,州界和县界用line,但国界不用line◆crossing state / county lines跨越州界/县界◆national linesBoundary can also be a physical line between two places, for example between property belonging to two different people, marked by a fence or wall. * boundary亦可指两地间有形的分界线,如用篱笆或墙隔开分属于两个人的土地分界线◆the boundary fence / wall between the properties地产间的篱笆/墙分界线