dividing line

英 [dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ laɪn]

美 [dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ laɪn]

n.  (两种事物或思想的)分界线，界限; (分隔两个地区的)地界，分界线

TOEFL

牛津词典

noun

• （两种事物或思想的）分界线，界限
  something that marks the separation between two things or ideas
  1. There is no clear dividing line between what is good and what is bad.
     是非之间没有明确的界限。
• （分隔两个地区的）地界，分界线
  a place that separates two areas
  1. The river was chosen as a dividing line between the two districts.
     两个地区以这条河流为界。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 分界线;界限
  Adividing lineis a distinction or set of distinctions which marks the difference between two types of thing or two groups.
  1. There's a very thin dividing line between joviality and hysteria.
     激动和歇斯底里之间就一线之隔。
• N-SING (两个地区间的)界限
  The dividing linebetween two areas is the boundary between them.
  1. ...people on both sides of the dividing line between Israel and the occupied territories.
     居住在以色列和占领区分界线两边的人民

英英释义

noun

• a conceptual separation or distinction
  1. there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
  Synonym:linedemarcationcontrast

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