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frontier

[ˈfrʌntɪə(r)] [frʌnˈtɪr]
  • 复数:frontiers;
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    • 以下这些名词均含有"边界,边境" 的意思
      border多指国与国之间或两地区的分界处,即分界线附近的边缘部分。
      bounds常与boundary换用,指土地边界,但意思不如boundary明确,主要用于抽象事物和文学作品中。
      boundary侧重地图上正式标定的、双方遵守的边界,也可指较小行政单位间的界线。
      frontier指两国接壤的前沿地区,属于各国的国境和边疆,多指设防的边界。
      limit含义广泛,常用作复数。指任何界限、范围、分界线外面的部分,可指有形或无形的东西。
    英语六级真题
      Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
      As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
      出自-2011年12月阅读原文
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • N-COUNT
      边界;边境
      A frontier is a border between two countries.
      例句
      It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier. 那时穿越边境并不困难。
    • N-COUNT
      西部边疆,边远地区(指 20 世纪前美国西部欧洲移民尚未定居的部分)
      When you are talking about the western part of America before the twentieth century, you use frontier to refer to the area beyond the part settled by Europeans.
      例句
      ...a far-flung outpost on the frontier. 远驻西部边疆的前哨
    • N-COUNT
      (尤指知识的)前沿,尖端,新领域
      The frontiers of something, especially knowledge, are the limits to which it extends.
      例句
      ...pushing back the frontiers of science. 推进科学前沿 ...technological frontiers. 技术尖端
    英汉词典释义
    • n.
      边界, 边境,国界
      There have been large-scale military manoeuvres on the frontier. 边境地区曾有过大规模的军事演习。
      (尤指19世纪美国西部的)开发地区的边缘, 边远地区
      Areas near the frontier were rough and lawless in the old days. 过去边远地区混乱不堪, 而且没有法律。
      尚待开发的领域, 尖端; 前沿
      They are highly interested in the frontiers of science. 他们对于科学的新领域有浓厚的兴趣。
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country;
      "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
      2. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
      3. an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development;
      "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
    行业词典
    • 法律: 边界;国境;边境;