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单词 dividing line
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Definition of dividing line in English:

dividing line

noun
  • 1The boundary between two areas.

    the dividing line between eastern and western zones
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is the dividing line between Cabbagetown East and West.
    • Hsiluo, conventionally seen as the dividing line between northern and southern Taiwan, has long been a hub for travelers.
    • Yet even the rest of the Israeli crowd, which seemed homogeneous at first, were separated along clear dividing lines.
    • We identified individuals according to the distinct scale patterns, particularly the dividing line between dark and light scales on the carapace and hind legs.
    • The couple's first piece of furniture, a primitive farm table, is the dividing line between the kitchen and sitting area.
    • I kept envisioning the streets, the fields that slanted upwards with the little dividing lines of trees running in order to separate properties.
    • There is the danger that the dividing line between East and West could stay exactly where it is at present - between the former communist countries and their wealthy Western neighbours.
    • It was so undesirable that residents of the tony Back Bay area built a fence along the dividing line between the two neighborhoods.
    • This strategic waterway is just 1,300m at its narrowest and marks the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
    • For most of this time, the dividing line was the great Dnipr river.
    • For millenniums, the frontier between these two countries has been the dividing line between contending empires - and so it is again.
    • Tour de Ville, our city's revolving restaurant, sits atop the Delta Hotel on the dividing line between downtown and Old Montreal.
    Synonyms
    boundary, boundary line, limit, border, borderline, bound, bounding line, frontier, partition, demarcation line, end point, cut-off point, termination, edge, pale, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, extremity, fringe, threshold
    1. 1.1 A distinction or set of distinctions marking the difference between two things that are closely related.
      the smudged dividing line between drama and reality
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The old line, the heretofore uncompromising line, the dividing line between matter and spirit has suddenly blurred.
      • ‘The First World War is really the dividing line between the modern world and what came before,’ he said.
      • But it is better to abstain because the dividing line between benefits and harm is too blurred.
      • The dividing line between non governmental organisations and business schemes is becoming increasingly blurred.
      • The dividing line between our parties seems to be blurred if not erased altogether.
      • The imposition of order necessarily creates boundaries and dividing lines - the very places where the most interesting discussions occur.
      • The dividing line between celluloid fantasy and the bountifully adorned starlets making their acceptance speeches gets blurred.
      • For example, the dividing line between the Baby Boom and Gen X is 1964, the first year that the number of births fell below 4 million in the 1960s.
      • Many do not realise that the dividing line between ‘experience’ and ‘bias’ is thin and often blurred.
      • But the dividing line between their beliefs and the grotesquely distorted ideals of National Socialism was a very fine one.
      • The dividing line between aggression and a wrong decision, it seems, is thin.
      • I am fascinated at the dividing line between what costs money and what doesn't, and what has value to whom.
      • It's always worrying when the dividing line between TV and reality begins to blur.
      • Where, then, is the dividing line between human and non-human: worthy and not worthy?
      • She believes she has blurred the dividing line between male and female by being able to do everything that a male cadre could.
      • The fact is, the dividing line between far left and far right is getting blurrier all the time.
      • He couldn't see the dividing line between party and state.
      • At one time, it was difficult to determine the dividing line between a PG - 13 and R movie; now, it's impossible.
      • In some respects, the dividing line between genetic and cultural evolution is not very important.
      • Views will differ as to where the dividing line should be drawn.
      Synonyms
      difference, contrast, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, variance, variation
 
 

Definition of dividing line in US English:

dividing line

noundəˈvīdiNG līndəˈvaɪdɪŋ laɪn
  • 1The boundary between two areas.

    the dividing line between eastern and western zones
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was so undesirable that residents of the tony Back Bay area built a fence along the dividing line between the two neighborhoods.
    • Hsiluo, conventionally seen as the dividing line between northern and southern Taiwan, has long been a hub for travelers.
    • Tour de Ville, our city's revolving restaurant, sits atop the Delta Hotel on the dividing line between downtown and Old Montreal.
    • For most of this time, the dividing line was the great Dnipr river.
    • I kept envisioning the streets, the fields that slanted upwards with the little dividing lines of trees running in order to separate properties.
    • We identified individuals according to the distinct scale patterns, particularly the dividing line between dark and light scales on the carapace and hind legs.
    • Yet even the rest of the Israeli crowd, which seemed homogeneous at first, were separated along clear dividing lines.
    • There is the danger that the dividing line between East and West could stay exactly where it is at present - between the former communist countries and their wealthy Western neighbours.
    • For millenniums, the frontier between these two countries has been the dividing line between contending empires - and so it is again.
    • This is the dividing line between Cabbagetown East and West.
    • This strategic waterway is just 1,300m at its narrowest and marks the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
    • The couple's first piece of furniture, a primitive farm table, is the dividing line between the kitchen and sitting area.
    Synonyms
    boundary, boundary line, limit, border, borderline, bound, bounding line, frontier, partition, demarcation line, end point, cut-off point, termination, edge, pale, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, extremity, fringe, threshold
    1. 1.1 A distinction or set of distinctions marking the difference between two related things.
      the dividing line between drama and reality
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The imposition of order necessarily creates boundaries and dividing lines - the very places where the most interesting discussions occur.
      • In some respects, the dividing line between genetic and cultural evolution is not very important.
      • I am fascinated at the dividing line between what costs money and what doesn't, and what has value to whom.
      • It's always worrying when the dividing line between TV and reality begins to blur.
      • ‘The First World War is really the dividing line between the modern world and what came before,’ he said.
      • He couldn't see the dividing line between party and state.
      • The dividing line between celluloid fantasy and the bountifully adorned starlets making their acceptance speeches gets blurred.
      • For example, the dividing line between the Baby Boom and Gen X is 1964, the first year that the number of births fell below 4 million in the 1960s.
      • She believes she has blurred the dividing line between male and female by being able to do everything that a male cadre could.
      • But it is better to abstain because the dividing line between benefits and harm is too blurred.
      • But the dividing line between their beliefs and the grotesquely distorted ideals of National Socialism was a very fine one.
      • Many do not realise that the dividing line between ‘experience’ and ‘bias’ is thin and often blurred.
      • Views will differ as to where the dividing line should be drawn.
      • The dividing line between aggression and a wrong decision, it seems, is thin.
      • At one time, it was difficult to determine the dividing line between a PG - 13 and R movie; now, it's impossible.
      • The dividing line between non governmental organisations and business schemes is becoming increasingly blurred.
      • Where, then, is the dividing line between human and non-human: worthy and not worthy?
      • The fact is, the dividing line between far left and far right is getting blurrier all the time.
      • The dividing line between our parties seems to be blurred if not erased altogether.
      • The old line, the heretofore uncompromising line, the dividing line between matter and spirit has suddenly blurred.
      Synonyms
      difference, contrast, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, variance, variation
 
 
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