frontiers

英 [ˈfrʌntɪəz]

美 [frənˈtɪrz]

n.  国界; 边界; 边境; (尤指19世纪美国西部的)开发地区边缘地带，边远地区; (学科或活动的)尖端，边缘
frontier的复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 边界;边境
  Afrontieris a border between two countries.
  1. 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


• N-COUNT 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 usefrontierto refer to the area beyond the part settled by Europeans.
  1. ...a far-flung outpost on the frontier.
     远驻西部边疆的前哨
• N-COUNT (尤指知识的)前沿，尖端，新领域
  Thefrontiersof something, especially knowledge, are the limits to which it extends.
  1. ...pushing back the frontiers of science.
     推进科学前沿
  2. ...technological frontiers.
     技术尖端

双语例句

• A Thousand Leagues she tramped on the errands of war,| frontiers and hills she crossed like a bird in flight.
  万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。（《木兰诗》）
• There are no new frontiers within our borders.
  在我们的国界内已经没有前线了。
• You are exploring the frontiers in science.
  你在探究科学的新领域。
• We fly through the night crossing frontiers and lakes, mountains and valleys.
  我们穿越黑夜，飞过国界和湖泊，山脉与村庄。
• For11 years, I was the host of the public television series Scientific American Frontiers.
  11年来，我一直是大众电视系列片‘美国科学前沿’的主持人。
• This advanced yet pragmatic approach has opened up new frontiers in innovation and economies of scale, impacting the fundamentals of how teams deliver products.
  这种高级而且实用的方法，在创新和规模经济方面开辟了一条新的道路，影响到了团队怎样交付产品的基础。
• In the 20th century political frontiers became a central influence on economic life.
  20世纪，政治边界对经济生活产生了重要影响。
• They performed meritorious deeds in the fight to defend the frontiers of the motherland.
  在保卫祖国边疆的战斗中他们立了功。
• But we will push the frontiers.
  但我们将继续推进它的研究。
• There is no way to maintain the frontiers of freedom without cost and commitment and risk.
  没有代价、承诺和风险，就不可能维持自由的边界。