毗邻，接壤：指与某物有接壤的边界。
接近，几乎达到：指非常接近某种状态或程度。
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
同义词： approach
... blow up爆炸，(被)炸飞；充气；大发脾气，大怒be on board在船上 border on接界，接壤；近似，接近 both...and不仅…而且，…和…(两者)都 ...
... bomb out把(地方等)炸毁 border on接界;接近，非常像 born of源于;出生于 ...
... Wake（过去是为woke）up 醒来/唤醒 Border on 近似于；称得上 In general 通常说来 ...
... Wake（过去是为woke）up 醒来/唤醒 Border on 近似于；称得上 In general 通常说来 ...
接界；相邻于；近似于
Such designs can border on camp or tacky, in the wrong hands。
如果搭配不当，这种设计看上去像是去露营或是捡破烂的。
Most of the time I hiked along the border on the weekends, or during the week if I had time off.
我大部分的边境徒步是在周末进行，或在平时的休息时间。
Militants are launching attacks against government and security targets from bases in tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan.
VOA : special.2009.10.17
Now to the extent that this discussion is actually about the virginity of the Second Brother and the Elder Brother's sister, it seems, I think, to border on the ridiculous; but the debate, I think, we have to take seriously.
后来这兄弟俩谈论的对象,转到了自己的妹妹的贞洁的时候，就显得有点愚蠢了;,但我觉得这段辩论应当好好研究。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
There seems to be at least built in to Aristotle's account of politics a certain flexibility a certain latitude of discretion that in some passages even seems to border on a kind of relativism.
那看似建入于,亚里士多德对政治的描述,某种弹性，某种恣意的判断力,在有些段落甚至,看起来近似一种相对论。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Alaska is on the border of northwestern Canada, far enough north that part of it is within the Arctic Circle.
VOA : special.2009.03.02
Then,on April twenty-fifth, General Taylor received word that a large Mexican force had crossed the border a few kilometers up the river.
VOA : special.2009.02.26
Second, the council ward must border on an area where there are lots of non-whites.
The textured design is complimented nicely by a metal border on the top and bottom.
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Officials from both countries held a meeting at the border on Monday aimed at reducing tensions.