| 单词 | to border on or upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto border on or upon 5. figurative. to border on or upon: to approach closely in character, resemble closely, verge on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > border upon, approach, or approximate coast1382 to want little (also naught)a1500 approacha1538 bear1582 sympathize1605 to trench on or upon1622 neighboura1640 to border on or upona1694 approximate1771 verge1827 begin1833 a1694 Tillotson Wks. (1728) I. 33 Wit which borders upon profaneness. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. l. 195 A kind of predilection, which borders upon loyalty. 1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 122 A degree of indigence at times bordering on beggary. 1839 H. L. Anderson Haileybury Observ. i. 18 This borders on the common-place. < as lemmas |
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