frontier
frontier 英 [ˈfrʌntɪə(r)] 美 [frʌnˈtɪr]
n. 边界；边境；前沿
名词复数:frontiers
- A frontier represents uncharted territory. It could be a remote piece of land or a new field of study, but if someone calls it "the frontier," you are challenged to explore it.
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- n. 边界；边境；前沿
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1. the frontier between the two areas
两个地区的土地边界
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2. a customs post on the frontier with Italy
与意大利交界的边境上的海关关卡
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3. a frontier town, a frontier zone, a frontier post
边陲小镇；边疆地带；边防站
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4. a remote frontier settlement
边远地区定居点
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5. to push back the frontiers of science
开拓科学新领域
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6. to roll back the frontiers of government
限制政府权力
- frontier (n.) c. 1400, frowntere, "front line of an army;" early 15c., fronture, "borderland, part of a country which faces another," from Old French frontiere "boundary-line of a country," also "frontier fortress; front rank of an army" (13c.), noun use of adjective frontier "facing, neighboring," from front "brow" (see front (n.)). In reference to North America, "part of the country which is at the edge of its settled regions" from 1670s. Later it was given a specific sense:
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