单词	periphery
释义	peripherype‧riph‧e‧ry /pəˈrɪfəri/ noun (plural peripheries) formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINperiphery Origin: 1500-1600 Old French periferie, from Late Latin, from Greek, from peripherein ‘to carry around’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As the wave reaches the cell periphery, enough calcium may diffuse across to activate the neighbouring cell. Moss moved on the broken trees at the periphery of the golf grass. Nor was this simply on the eastern periphery. Rural development in the Western Isles periphery depends heavily on finance from the mainland centre. That's always a very easy thing to do on the periphery. The Ministry of Economic Warfare hung on the periphery and stirred the witches' brew. There would be clashes on the periphery but none between the major powers. This would argue for considerable community organization and official control of the division and leasing of land on the urban periphery. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► on/at the periphery (of something) He had never met Hindley Foster, some one who seemed very much on the periphery of their lives. Ken's friendships and the way he established them continued to surprise those who were on the periphery of his activities. Moss moved on the broken trees at the periphery of the golf grass. Now she was standing at the periphery of the crowd, wondering whether Cantor would even open the envelope she was clutching. That's always a very easy thing to do on the periphery. They may stay on the periphery watching the recess-time basketball games and jump-rope competitions from the sidelines of the playground. 1[countable usually singular] the edge of an areaperiphery of the periphery of the crowdon/at the periphery a residential area on the periphery of the city → outskirts2on/at the periphery (of something) a person or thing that is on the periphery of something is not one of the main people or things involved in it:  extremists on the periphery of the animal rights movement Homeopathy is on the periphery of medical practice.
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