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- a line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas边境, 边界; 国界：
Iraq's northern border with Turkey
和土耳其接界的伊拉克北部边境
as modifier border controls.边境控制。
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- a district near such a line边界地区：
refugee camp on the border.
边界地区的难民营。
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the Border
the boundary and adjoining districts between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland北爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国交界地带。
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- （the Border 或the Borders）the boundary and adjoining districts between Scotland and England苏格兰和英格兰交界地带。
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- figurative an edge, boundary, or limit of something〈喻〉边, 分界线：
the unknown regions at the borders of physics and electronics.
物理学和电子学间的未知领域。
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- a band or strip, especially a decorative one, around the edge of something花边; 饰边。
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- a strip of ground along the edge of a lawn or path for planting flowers or shrubs（沿草坪或小路边缘设置的）狭长花坛（或绿化地带）。
with obj.
1- form an edge along or beside (something)在…上加边, 给…镶边, 围：
a pool bordered by palm trees.
周围围着棕榈树的池子。
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- (of a country or area) be adjacent to (another country or area)（国家或地区）与…接壤：
regions bordering Azerbaijan
与阿塞拜疆接壤的地区
no obj. the states bordering on the Black Sea.黑海周边的国家。
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- no obj.
border on
figurative come close to or be developing into (a particular extreme condition)〈喻〉近似, 接近： Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on hysteria.
萨姆抵达时已兴奋得近乎歇斯底里了。
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be bordered with
provide (something) with a decorative edge给…装饰边：the walls were bordered with carved scrolls and cornices.
这些墙上刻有条幅和花檐作装饰。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately Germanic origin and related to BOARD.