frontier

英 [ˈfrʌntɪə(r)]

美 [frʌnˈtɪr]

n. 国界; 边界; 边境; (尤指19世纪美国西部的)开发地区边缘地带，边远地区; (学科或活动的)尖端，边缘

复数：frontiers　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4553 / COCA.4415

同义词辨析

border borderline boundary frontier【导航词义：边界】

bordern. 边界，边境

〔辨析〕

多指靠近两国或两地区分界线的区域。

〔例证〕

the German-Polish border
德国与波兰边境
Two years later, he was sent to the border between China and Myanmar.
两年以后，他被派到了中缅边界。

borderlinen. 边境线，分界线

〔辨析〕

指划定国与国之间边界的标志线。

〔例证〕

the borderline between China and India
中印之间的边界线

boundaryn. 分界线，边界

〔辨析〕

侧重指某区域最外的界线，常和领土有关，也指地图上正式标定的、双方认可的边界或较小行政单位间的界线。

〔例证〕

national/state/city boundary
国界/州界/市界
They marked the boundaries of the basketball court.
他们标出了篮球场的边界。
The river forms the boundary between my land and his.
这条河构成了我这块地和他那块地之间的分界线。

frontiern. 〈尤英〉边界，边境

〔辨析〕

指两国接壤的前沿地区，多有军队驻防。

〔例证〕

China has a frontier with Vietnam.
中国的边界和越南相接。
Soldiers guard the frontier against invasion.
战士们守卫边疆，防止外敌入侵。

牛津词典

noun

国界；边界；边境
a line that separates two countries, etc.; the land near this line
1. the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes
  撒克逊人土地和古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的边界
2. a customs post on the frontier with Italy
  与意大利的交界边境上的海关关卡
3. a frontier town/zone/post
  边陲小镇；边疆地带；边防站
（尤指19世纪美国西部的）开发地区边缘地带，边远地区
the edge of land where people live and have built towns, beyond which the country is wild and unknown, especially in the western US in the 19th century
1. a remote frontier settlement
  边远地区定居点
（学科或活动的）尖端，边缘
the limit of sth, especially the limit of what is known about a particular subject or activity
1. to push back the frontiers of science (= to increase knowledge of science)
  开拓科学新领域
2. to roll back the frontiers of government (= to limit the powers of the government)
  限制政府权力

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 边界;边境
Afrontieris a border between two countries.
1. It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier.
  那时穿越边境并不困难。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用border

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 usefrontierto refer to the area beyond the part settled by Europeans.
1. ...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
Thefrontiersof something, especially knowledge, are the limits to which it extends.
1. ...pushing back the frontiers of science.
  推进科学前沿
2. ...technological frontiers.
  技术尖端

英英释义

noun

an undeveloped field of study
1. he worked at the frontier of brain science
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
1. the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day

双语例句

The local people's government should support the construction of the institutions and facilities of the frontier ports.
地方人民政府要支持边境口岸机构和设施的建设。
Our frontier guards, fighting in self-defence, threw back the invading troops.
我边防战士在自卫战中打退了入侵的军队。
Your country and mine have a common frontier.
你的国家和我的国家有一条共同的边界。
So that I think is another frontier.
因此，我认为这是另一个前沿领域。
The frontier is so well guarded that no one can get across.
国境线守卫严密得没人能越过去。
On the frontier of new technology in security and law enforcement is the study of biometrics.
安全和执法技术的最尖端领域就是计量生物学所研究的对象。
The frontier guards together with the militiamen drove out the invaders.
边防战士和民兵一起把入侵者赶了出去。
This paper uses stochastic frontier production function to compares the technical efficiency level of different ownership of enterprises.
采用随机前沿生产函数对不同所有制企业的技术效率水平进行了比较评价。
The novel vividly depicts the life of young people in the frontier region.
这部小说生动地描绘了边疆青年的生活。
Western officials say convoys carrying weapons for the Taliban have crossed Iran's frontier with Afghanistan.
西方官员表示，为塔利班运送武器的车队已经跨越了伊朗与阿富汗的边界。