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单词 frontier
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This is bleak and beautiful frontier country.They live and work in frontier regions.They came here last month with one last frontier to cross.The lead time of science at the frontiers of knowledge can be very long.People in the frontier region are known for their beauty.Is time right to cross the investment frontier?Powers has always been adept at exploring the problematic frontiers of contemporary science.Entering this quarter was like crossing an international frontier.Ingenious plots hovered on the frontier of science fiction with a touch of ghost story.They also say that it is a fresh one and that they are writing at the frontiers of behavioural science.That's commitment to the frontiers of knowledge for you.It might have been American frontier country.Up to $1bn of oil sales is thought to have crossed this frontier so far.They say the French have crossed the frontier.There is deep resentment of the war in the frontier regions, where high unemployment feeds the discontent.This is the new frontier, a country that has suffered and wants to be a part of it all.So that's another frontier crossed.I'm trying to push the frontiers of knowledge.Universities do all this but only in addition to our main purpose - to advance the frontiers of knowledge and to pass on that wisdom.Strange things, it emerges, once happened here in frontier country.With railways designed to service their frontier regions, German army leave arrangements also worked well.And for all the country 's frontier wildness, the human elements are similarly ancient.When his train crossed the Italian frontier he was welcomed with flowers, tears and applause.

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frontier

British English: frontier /ˈfrʌntɪə; frʌnˈtɪə/ NOUN
A frontier is a border between two countries.
  • American English: frontier
  • Arabic: حُدُود
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fronteira
  • Chinese: 国境
  • Croatian: granica
  • Czech: pohraničí
  • Danish: grænse
  • Dutch: grensgebied
  • European Spanish: frontera
  • Finnish: raja rajaseutu
  • French: frontière
  • German: Grenze Land
  • Greek: σύνορο
  • Italian: frontiera
  • Japanese: 国境
  • Korean: 국경
  • Norwegian: grense
  • Polish: granica państwa
  • European Portuguese: fronteira
  • Romanian: frontieră
  • Russian: граница
  • Latin American Spanish: frontera
  • Swedish: gräns
  • Thai: เขตพรมแดน
  • Turkish: cephe
  • Ukrainian: кордон
  • Vietnamese: tiền tuyến

All related terms of 'frontier'

Chinese translation of 'frontier'

frontier

(ˈfrʌntɪəʳ)

n (c)

  1. (Brit, between countries) 国(國)界 (guójiè)
    = border
  2. (fig) 界限 (jièxiàn)
(noun) 
Definition
the region of a country bordering on another or a line marking such a boundary
It wasn't difficult to cross the frontier.
Synonyms
border
Clifford is enjoying life north of the border.
limit
the city limits
edge
She was standing at the water's edge.
bound
boundary
Our organization now operates across national boundaries.
confines
verge (British)
The car pulled over on to the verge off the road.
perimeter
They walked round the perimeter of the stadium.
borderline
the borderline between painting and photography
dividing line
borderland
marches

Additional synonyms

in the sense of borderline
Definition
a dividing line
the borderline between painting and photography
Synonyms
dividing line,
divide,
boundary,
cut-off point,
line of demarcation
in the sense of boundary
Definition
something that indicates the farthest limit, such as of an area
Our organization now operates across national boundaries.
Synonyms
frontier,
edge,
border,
march,
barrier,
margin,
brink
in the sense of edge
Definition
a border or line where something ends or begins
She was standing at the water's edge.
Synonyms
border,
side,
line,
limit,
bound,
lip,
margin,
outline,
boundary,
fringe,
verge,
brink,
threshold,
rim,
brim,
perimeter,
contour,
periphery,
flange

Synonyms of 'frontier'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of limit
Definition
the boundary of a specific area
the city limits
Synonyms
boundary,
end,
edge,
border,
extent,
pale,
confines,
frontier,
precinct,
perimeter,
periphery
in the sense of perimeter
Definition
any boundary around something
They walked round the perimeter of the stadium.
Synonyms
boundary,
edge,
border,
bounds,
limit,
margin,
confines,
periphery,
borderline,
circumference,
ambit
in the sense of verge
Definition
an edge or rim
The car pulled over on to the verge off the road.
Synonyms
border,
edge,
margin,
limit,
extreme,
lip,
boundary,
threshold,
roadside,
brim
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