[N-COUNT 可数名词]边界;边境 A frontier is a border between two countries.
[BRIT 英]
It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier.
那时穿越边境并不困难。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用border
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]西部边疆,边远地区(指 20 世纪前美国西部欧洲移民尚未定居的部分) When you are talking about the western part of America before the twentieth century, you use frontier to refer to the area beyond the part settled by Europeans.
...a far-flung outpost on the frontier.
远驻西部边疆的前哨
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指知识的)前沿,尖端,新领域Thefrontiers of something, especially knowledge, are the limits to which it extends.
[usu pl]
...pushing back the frontiers of science.
推进科学前沿
...technological frontiers.
技术尖端
Oxford
fron·tier/ˈfrʌntɪə(r); NAmEfrʌnˈtɪr/noun1( BrE) [countable ]a line that separates two countries, etc; the land near this line 国界;边界;边境frontier(between A and B) ◆the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes撒克逊人土地和古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的边界frontier(with sth) ◆a customs post on the frontier with Italy与意大利交界的边境上的海关关卡◆a frontier town/zone/post边陲小镇;边疆地带;边防站☞synonyms at
border
2the frontier[singular ]the edge of land where people live and have built towns, beyond which the country is wild and unknown, especially in the western US in the 19th century (尤指 19 世纪美国西部的)开发地区边缘地带,边远地区◆a remote frontier settlement边远地区定居点3[countable , usually plural ]frontier(of sth) the limit of sth, especially the limit of what is known about a particular subject or activity (学科或活动的)尖端,边缘◆to push back the frontiersof science (= to increase knowledge of science)开拓科学新领域◆to roll back the frontiersof government (= to limit the powers of the government)限制政府权力frontierfrontiersfron·tier/ˈfrʌntɪə(r); NAmEfrʌnˈtɪr/
LDC
frontierfron‧tier /ˈfrʌntɪə $ frʌnˈtɪr/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] especially British English the border of a countryfrontier between/with Lille is close to the frontier between France and Belgium.on/at the frontier Troops established a road block on the frontier.frontier town/area/post etc (=a town etc on a frontier)► see thesaurus at
border
2the frontier an area where people have never lived before, that not much is known about, especially in the western US before the 20th century: a novel about a family’s struggle on the American frontier space, the final frontier3the frontiers of knowledge/physics etc the limits of what is known about somethingpush back the frontiers (=discover new things)
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frontier
[ˈfrʌntɪə(r)]
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frontiers[684]
边境(49%),边界(33%),边缘(14%),尖端(4%)
n.前沿;边界;国境
adj.边界的;开拓的
n.(Frontier)人名;(法)弗龙捷
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