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.
权威例句
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。
3. He was never able to get past the border guards.
他从未能够通过边防哨兵的检查。
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.
【frontier, verge, border, boundary, rim】
这组词都有“边界”的意思,其区别是:
frontier: n.边界,边境,边疆,指靠近边界(boundary)的区域;也可引申为"未开发的领域","(学术的)前沿"等。
• The American West was still a frontier a century ago. 一个世纪以前美国西部还是一片边疆。
• She is a biochemist who works on the frontiers of biology. 她是从事生物学前沿研究的生化学家。
verge: n. (道路、花坛等长着草的)边缘,引申为"某事即将发生之际"。
• on the verge of war 战争爆发之际
border: n.较宽的边缘,边界,多指两国或两地之间的分界处附近的边缘地区、边界地带;也可以指物体的边缘等。
• We crossed the Mexican bordersintosthe USA. 我们穿过墨西哥边界进入美国境内。
boundary: n.边界;界线。多指作为界线的标识物等。
• The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers. 这道栅栏是我的地和她的地的分界线。
rim: n.边,边缘,尤指圆形或近似圆形的物体的边缘。