单词 | border on |
释义 | border on (once / 1827 pages) v WORD FAMILY border on: bordered on, bordering on, borders on USAGE EXAMPLESSome lawmakers argued it bordered on extortion or ransom. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) During the day, she borders on eccentric, painting everything in their house shades of black and white. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) He also was responsible for four turnovers in a circus game that bordered on the absurd. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) v come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character This borders on discrimination! Syn|Hypo|Hyper approach converge approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit approximate, come close be close or similar |
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