[N-COUNT 可数名词]边缘;周围;外围 If something is on the periphery of an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it.
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Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent...
从地理位置上讲,英国处于欧洲边缘,而巴黎却位于欧洲大陆的中心位置。
Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery.
味蕾集中于舌尖、舌根和舌头两侧。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](学科、兴趣的)边缘,次要部分 The periphery of a subject or area of interest is the part of it that is not considered to be as important or basic as the main part.
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The sociological study of religion moved from the centre to the periphery of sociology.
宗教的社会学研究从社会学的中心学科变成了边缘学科。
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per·iph·ery/pəˈrɪfəri; NAmEpəˈrɪfəri/noun[usually singular ](pluralper·iph·eries)( formal) 1the outer edge of a particular area 边缘;周围;外围◆industrial development on the periphery ofthe town 城镇周边地区工业的发展◆The condition makes it difficult for patients to see objects at the periphery of their vision.这种病症使患者难于看见视觉边缘的物体。2the less important part of sth, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group 次要部份;次要活动;边缘◆minor parties on the periphery ofAmerican politics 处于美国政治边缘的小党派peripheryperipheriesper·iph·ery/pəˈrɪfəri; NAmEpəˈrɪfəri/
1[countable usually singular] the edge of an areaperiphery of the periphery of the crowdon/at the periphery a residential area on the periphery of the city →
outskirts
2on/at the periphery (of something) a person or thing that is on the periphery of something is not one of the main people or things involved in it: extremists on the periphery of the animal rights movement Homeopathy is on the periphery of medical practice.
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