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Periphery You’re Part Band N Count 可数名词   [Usu Poss

英语单词 periphery
英美音标 英 [pə'rɪfəri] 美 [pə'rɪfəri]
中文释义 n.周边;边缘;外围
英语例句 (1) The US cordons China's periphery.
(2) You can take a look at the periphery of the Yandi Ling.
(3) He was on the periphery of Kenya's liberation struggles, but he was still imprisoned briefly during repressive times.
(4) Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group.
(5) Jackals emerged from the shadows at the periphery of the factory, crawling out behind pipes and plasma tubes.
中文例句 (1) 美国在中国周边都画上了警戒线。
(2) 你可以到周边的炎帝陵看看。
(3) 他身处肯尼亚解放斗争的边缘,但仍在镇压时期遭到短时间的囚禁。
(4) 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
(5) 在工厂的外围,豺狼人从隐蔽处现身,在管道和等离子导管后缓慢移动。
vocabulary简明 When something is on the periphery of your vision, you can only see it when you’re looking sideways. Periphery means outside the boundary of something.
vocabulary扩展 If you’re on the periphery of a group, you’re close to it but not part of it. A band on the periphery of a particular scene might have opened for another band a few times, but it's never headlined or gotten their big break. Periphery comes from a Greek word meaning "to carry around."
柯林斯解释
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[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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