frontier - 未開拓領域的邊界線,示意未開發的疆土。
border - 兩區或兩國之間的界線,即:邊界。
boundary - 有限制性意義的界線,延伸為邊界線。字根是bound,圍繞的意思。
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boundary, border, frontier, limit
These nouns all denote a line or an area separating one piece of territory from another. A
所有這些名詞都指分隔壹地域與另壹地域的線或地區。
boundary is a limiting line:
boundary 是限制線:
A stone wall marked the boundary between the two farms. A
石墻是兩個農場的分界線。
border is a line that separates political entities:
Border 是將政治實體分離的界限:
Customs officers inspected our luggage when we crossed the border.
當我們過境時海關官員檢查了我們的行李。
Frontier denotes the part of a country that faces toward or fronts an adjoining country:
Frontier 意指壹國中朝向或面對鄰國的部分:
“that long [Canadian] frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, guarded only by neighborly respect and honorable obligations” (Winston S. Churchill).
“那條 自大西洋至太平洋的長邊界線, 僅出於鄰國的尊敬和高尚義務守護著” (溫斯頓·S·丘吉爾)。
Limit denotes a boundary that surrounds an area:
Limit 意指包圍壹地區的界線:
Cars cannot exceed 35 miles per hour within city limits.
在市區線以內車速不能超過每小時35英裏