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

• Some of his statements are so incorrect that they border on fraudulence.
  他的某些说法非常不正确以致近乎欺诈。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We're not going to get across the border on the ground.
  我们不可能在陆地上穿过边境。
• Our impression when we crossed the border on the first day, was the number of people enjoying the holiday weekend, out and about camping on the side of the rivers and in the countryside.
  我们的印象，当我们在第一天越过边界，是享受周末假期的人，外出走动露营对河流边，在农村的数量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。