border

n. 边境；边界；国界

vt. 接近；与…接壤；在…上镶边

vi. 接界；近似

n. (Border)人名；(英)博德

中文词源

border 边界

来自PIE *bherdh , 切，砍。指分开的。词源同board, break.

border: border: [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure. This came from the common Romance verb *bordāre ‘border’, which was based on *bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, *borthaz, was the same as that of English board in the sense ‘side of a ship’.
=> board
border (n.): mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (compare Old English bord "side;" see board (n.2)). The geopolitical sense first attested 1530s, in Scottish (replacing earlier march), from The Borders, name of the district adjoining the boundary between England and Scotland.
border (v.): c. 1400, "to put a border on;" 1640s as "to lie on the border of," from border (n.). Related: Bordered; bordering.

1. b (保护) + order (命令) => 接受命令，保护边界。

1. The stock market is convinced more cross-border deals will take place.: 股市相信跨境交易会越来越多。

2. This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.: 这种对待金钱的过分谨慎的态度有时几近于吝啬。

4. Currency-conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross-border trade.: 货币兑换成本仍是跨境贸易的最大障碍之一。

5. Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.: 匈牙利开放边境对难民来说是个转机。