borderline

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n. 边界, 界线 a. 边界的

发音

US /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/

词形变化

borderlines 复数 borderlines borderlined borderlines 三单 borderlining borderlining 现在分词 borderlined 过去式 borderlined 过去分词 more borderline 比较级 most borderline 最高级

别名

border-line

教材释义与例句

名词

边界线，边界；界线

形容词

边界的；暧昧的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A boundary or accepted division; a border.

    可数 不可数

    She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of borderline personality disorder.

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    A person who has borderline personality disorder.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.

    I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications.

  2. 2.

    Of questionable taste or acceptability; approaching bad taste.

    Your borderline remarks about my aunt’s dress destroyed my evening.

  3. 3.

    Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.

    He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.

    I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

border mete delimitation

上位词 3

bound bounds boundary

下位词 5

circuit circumference fenceline property line state line
形容词

同义词 1

marginal

近义相关 2

minimum minimal

相关短语

borderline personality disorder 边缘性人格障碍 borderline personality disorders borderline lichen borderline lichens

词源

From border + line.

来源：wiktionary