border

• America's troops are not massed on china's borders .
  美国没有在中国的边界集结军队。
• Tom was on the border of death because of the accident .
  汤姆因为这次意外而濒临死亡。
• His conduct borders on madness .
  他的行为近于疯狂。
• Economics borders on other important academic disciplines .
  经济学和许多其它学科相近。
• Huge forces [a large number of troops] have been deployed along the border .
  重兵压境。
• The u.s. borders on canada .
  美国与加拿大接壤。
• Locally, the coast is bordered by lofty mountains .
  在个别地区，海岸是以高耸的山脉为界的。
• All the bandits that invaded the border area have been wiped out .
  侵犯边境的匪徒已全部被歼。
• It borders on absurdity .
  那是近乎荒谬的。
• The boy reply to his teacher was bordering on rudeness .
  那男学生回答教师的问话时态度近乎粗鲁。