1line that divides two countries國界ADJECTIVE | VERB + BORDER | BORDER + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤open開放的邊境▸➤closed封閉的邊境➤porous防衞鬆懈的邊境▸➤common接壤的邊境◇Brazil has a common border with most South American countries.巴西和大多數南美國家接壤。➤disputed有爭議的邊界➤northern, southern, etc.北部、南部等邊界➤international, national國界;邊境VERB + BORDER➤arrive at, reach, stop at到達邊境;在邊境停留▸➤cross, drive across, drive over, slip across, slip over穿越邊境;開車越過邊境;偷越邊境◇They slipped across the border at nightfall.他們在日暮時分偷越國境。➤escape across, escape over, flee across, flee over逃越國境;逃離邊境▸➤form, mark成為邊境線◇A river forms the border.一條河流成為兩國的邊境線。➤draw, draw up, establish, fix劃分邊界;確立邊界▸➤guard, patrol守衞邊境;在邊境巡邏▸➤open開放邊境▸➤close, seal封鎖邊境➤secure保衞邊境的安全➤share接壤◇Ethiopia shares its longest border with Somalia.埃塞俄比亞與索馬里接壤的邊界最長。BORDER + NOUN➤crossing, post邊境過境處/哨卡▸➤region, town邊境地區;邊陲小鎮▸➤control, guard, troops邊界控制;邊防哨兵;邊防軍▸➤clash, dispute, war邊境衝突/爭端/戰爭▸➤raid邊境襲擊▸➤clash, incident, skirmish邊境衝突;邊境事件;小規模邊境衝突PREPOSITION➤across a/the border, over a/the border穿越邊境◇to smuggle goods across the border穿越邊境走私貨物➤along a/the border沿着邊境◇There has been fighting along the border.邊境沿線一直有戰爭。➤at a/the border, on a/the border在邊境處;在邊境上◇We were stopped on the border.我們在邊境被攔住了。➤on the border of在⋯邊境◇a farm on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire坎布里亞郡和約克郡交界處的農場➤up to the border直到邊境◇He drove us right up to the Russian border.他開車一直把我們送到俄羅斯邊境。➤border between, border of⋯之間的邊境◇the border between Austria and Switzerland奧地利和瑞士之間的邊境➤border with和⋯接壤的邊境◇the border with Mexico與墨西哥接壤的邊境PHRASES➤north of the border, south of the border邊境以北/以南▸➤on both sides of the border, on one side of the border在邊境的兩端/一端◇There has been fighting on both sides of the border.邊境兩端一直有戰鬥。border
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2decorative band/strip around the edge of sth裝飾邊ADJECTIVE | VERB + BORDER | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤wide寬飾邊▸➤narrow窄飾邊▸➤decorative裝飾邊VERB + BORDER➤have有飾邊◇The tablecloth has a narrow lace border.這條桌布有一條窄花邊。➤draw畫飾邊PREPOSITION➤with a/the border帶有花邊◇a white handkerchief with a blue border飾有藍邊的白手絹➤border around, border round (especially BrE) 環繞⋯的花邊◇She drew a decorative border around the picture.她在圖畫周圍畫了一圈飾邊。