【borderline】 - SAT备考词汇

borderline

UK:  ['bɔː(r)də(r).laɪn]

US:  ['bɔrdər.laɪn]

复数：borderlines  

n.

1.分界线;界限;临界线

2.边界;国界

3.国境线

4.〔教〕及格分数线

adj.

1.〔心〕边缘的

2.在国界[公界线]上的

3.两可的,不明确的;语义暧昧的〔尤指近于下流的〕

1 . If there are feeds on the borderline, I would drill down into them for a couple of weeks to see if I actually read any of their posts.
如果有些源落在了边界，你不知道他们是否有价值，那么我会把他们放到一个观察的地方，观察一两周看看他们是不是真的没有价值。

2 . That's 20 out of 21 years that there has been a borderline superstar available at the top of every draft board.
21年里有20年都是会出现选秀靠前的球员会出现超级巨星这样的情况。

3 . Cheng, the only child in her family, is 29, a borderline "old maid" as far as her mother is concerned.
程，家里的独身子女，29岁，处在“老处女”的边缘，正如她母亲所担心的。

4 . Ms. Liu Min devotes herself to the borderline culture and absorbs all lines and colors in her vision of life with all her sight and mind.
一头扎入边缘文化而不自拔，用目光、心智汲取生命视域里所有的线条和全部的色彩。

5 . Allen is a genius who remains "borderline repulsed by the grotesque nature of my affection. "
艾伦是一个天才，他总是“被我那奇怪的爱的本性含糊不清地抗拒着”。