borderline
US
UK borderline, border line n: (line marking a boundary)
SC 边界线 biān jiè xiàn
TC 界線
TC 界線
SC 分界线 biān jiè xiàn，fēn jiè xiàn
TC 分界線
TC 分界線
They crossed the borderline into Canada around sunset.
borderline, border line n: figurative (line dividing two things)
SC 分界线 fēn jiè xiàn
TC 分界線
TC 分界線
The borderline between optimism and idealism is a hard one to draw.
borderline adv: figurative, informal (verging on: [sth] bad)
SC 几乎 jī hū
TC 幾乎
TC 幾乎
SC 差不多 jī hū ，chà bù duō
TC 差不多
TC 差不多
Those business practices are borderline illegal.
borderline adj: (intermediate)
SC 两可之间的 liǎng kě zhī jiān de
SC 不确定的 liǎng kě zhī jiān de ，bú què dìng de
TC 不確定的
TC 不確定的
He's not diabetic, but he's borderline.
on the borderline, on the border line adv: figurative (in between)
SC 在边界 zài biān jiè
TC 在邊界
TC 在邊界
SC 在边缘 zài biān jiè，zài biān yuán
After his wife left him he spent several months on the borderline between sanity and insanity.
That's on the borderline of being offensive.