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1. See also: He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor... The atmosphere borders on the surreal. border

1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor
   他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
2. Instead they should border on art.
   相反，它们应该近似于艺术。
3. West Malaysia ( Peninsular Malaysia or Malay Peninsula) shares a land border on the north with Thailand and is connected by the Johor Causeway and the Tuas Second Link on the south with Singapore.
   堤道和大士的第二通道（TuasSecondlink）从南方和新加坡相连。
4. I determine grades by several soft criteria that, to my students, seem to border on pure subjectivity.
   我通过一些软标准来评分，对于我的学生们来说，这好像是纯粹靠主观决定。
5. But the real issue, according to the prime minister, Zurab Nogaideli, is another one: control of commerce into two separatist enclaves that border on Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
   不过，格鲁吉亚总理祖拉布•诺盖杰利，真正的问题出在分离主义者盘踞的南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹（均与俄罗斯接壤）的贸易控制权上。
6. Such designs can border on camp or tacky, in the wrong hands.
   如果搭配不当，这种设计看上去像是去露营或是捡破烂的。
7. Tundra is the name given to the low, marshy plains of Europe, Siberia, and North America that border on the Arctic Ocean.
   欧洲、西伯利亚和北美洲接近北冰洋的低洼沼泽平原名之为冻土带。
8. It is one of those strange phenomena that sometimes border on the fantastic.
   梦游是那种有时近似于奇异怪诞的不可思议的现象之一。
9. Second, offers of NATO membership to countries that border on Russia are provocative.
   其次，邀请与俄罗斯接壤的国家加入北约具有挑衅性。
10. The influence is closely correlative with border on district, the impulse of war, expedite traffic and Kaimingshi.
    这种文化影响主要与地缘的濒临、战争的推动、交通的畅通及楚人开明氏的治蜀等原因有关。
11. There seems to be at least built in to Aristotle's account of politics a certain flexibility a certain latitude of discretion that in some passages even seems to border on a kind of relativism.
    那看似建入于，亚里士多德对政治的描述，某种弹性，某种恣意的判断力，在有些段落甚至，看起来近似一种相对论。
12. We're not going to get across the border on the ground.
    我们不可能在陆地上穿过边境。
13. Special representatives held talks on the disputed border on the sidelines of the official visit. Neither side claimed real progress.
    双方特别代表在官方访问间隙就边界争议进行了讨论，但双方都没有宣布取得实际进展。
14. Our impression when we crossed the border on the first day, was the number of people enjoying the holiday weekend, out and about camping on the side of the rivers and in the countryside.
    我们的印象，当我们在第一天越过边界，是享受周末假期的人，外出走动露营对河流边，在农村的数量。
15. Ten years ago, World Bank officials would make arcane distinctions between concepts such as "adaptive corruption" and "dysfunctional corruption" that to their audience seemed to border on rationalisation.
    10年前，世界银行（worldbank）的官员还会解释诸如“适应性腐败”和“职能缺失性腐败”等概念之间的晦涩区别，他们的解释在听者耳朵里似乎还有点道理。
16. Security forces patrolling the long stretch of desert south of the Libyan border on Sunday spotted the convoy on its way to the northern town of Agadez.
    在利比亚南部边境狭长的沙漠地带巡逻的安全部队周日发现车队正前往尼日尔北部的阿加德兹。
17. Its northern suburbs adjoin Staffordshire, and its southern and southwestern suburbs border on Hereford and Worcester.
    它的北部郊区毗邻斯塔福德郡。南部和西南部的郊区与赫里福德伍斯特郡接壤。
18. Override this property if you want to customize the appearance of the border on the upper-left header cell.
    如果您希望自定义左上角标题单元格的边框外观，请重写此属性。
19. His rigid translation of this literary work border on literalness
    他对这部文学作品的生硬翻译近乎刻板
20. To specify the exact position of the border on the page, click options, and then select the options that you want.
    若要指定页面中边框的确切位置，请单击“选项”，然后选择所需选项。
21. The leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army failed to appear at peace talks on the Sudan-Uganda border, Congo border on Sunday.
    乌干达起义军的领导未能在周日在苏丹-乌干达、果边界发票和平宣言。
22. Some of his statements are so incorrect that they border on fraudulence.
    他的某些说法非常不正确以致近乎欺诈。
23. They crossed the Yugoslav border on the budapest-zagreb road.
    他们经布达佩斯。萨格勒布公路穿过南斯拉夫边界。
24. Speaking on Saturday to foreign academics and journalists, Mr Putin said prospects for the eastbound energy links were very good and that Russia, with its border on the Pacific Ocean, had a certain natural advantage in developing ties in Asia.
    在上周六向外国学术界人士和记者发表讲话时，普京表示，东线能源管道的前景非常良好，同时，由于俄罗斯濒临太平洋，在发展与亚洲的关系方面，有着某种天然的优势。
25. While his behavior can border on antisocial, House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect.
    虽然豪斯几乎是个愤世嫉俗的反社会论者，他非传统的思维方式和精准无瑕的职业直觉令他赢得了病人和同僚的一致尊敬。
26. But it is undeniable that certain fairly expensive aspects of the current tax system favour the most fortunate and border on the indefensible.
    但有一点无可否认，现行税制中一些代价相当高昂的方面对最幸运的人群有利，几乎完全没有道理。
27. When he says that bond purchases border on an illegal act of debt monetising, he is expressing a consensus view among German economists, lawyers and politicians.
    当他表示购买债券几乎等同于债务货币化的非法行为时，他所表达的是德国经济学家、律师和政界人士的共同看法。
28. Turns chart border on or off.
    打开或关闭图表边框。
29. The above tactics must also be carried out in those parts of the large Liberated Areas in northern, northeastern and northwestern China which border on enemy territory.
    就是在华北、东北、西北各大解放区的接敌地区，亦须实行上述同样的策略。
30. Leamas crosses Danish border on his own passport.
    利马斯用自己的护照进入丹麦。

verb

1. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
   1. This borders on discrimination!
   2. His playing approaches that of Horowitz

   Synonym:    approach