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

• I determine grades by several soft criteria that, to my students, seem to border on pure subjectivity.
  我通过一些软标准来评分，对于我的学生们来说，这好像是纯粹靠主观决定。
• 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。
• 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。
• While his behavior can border on antisocial, House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect.
  虽然豪斯几乎是个愤世嫉俗的反社会论者，他非传统的思维方式和精准无瑕的职业直觉令他赢得了病人和同僚的一致尊敬。
• Instead they should border on art.
  相反，它们应该近似于艺术。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。