1.[c]国界;边界;边境a line that separates two countries, etc.; the land near this line
the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes撒克逊人土地和古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的边界
a customs post on the frontier with Italy与意大利交界的边境上的海关关卡
a frontier town/zone/post边陲小镇;边疆地带;边防站
2.[sing](尤指 19 世纪美国西部的)开发地区边缘地带,边远地区the edge of land where people live and have built towns, beyond which the country is wild and unknown, especially in the western US in the 19th century
a remote frontier settlement边远地区定居点
3.[c][usupl]~ (of sth)(学科或活动的)尖端,边缘the limit of sth, especially the limit of what is known about a particular subject or activity
to push back the frontiers of science(= to increase knowledge of science)开拓科学新领域
to roll back the frontiers of government(= to limit the powers of the government)限制政府权力
and it might be said after all that, at first sight, our science certainly seems to have re-adopted the solution of closing the frontier.
我们终究要说,乍看来,我们的科学重新采用的解决方法,似乎是将这个边境封闭。
All along the frontier, German preparations for invasion were intensifying, but Soviet forces had not yet even begun to mobilise.
沿着整个边境,德国人一直在加强武装入侵的准备工作,而苏联军队甚至于还没有开始进行动员。
But even if he had not been cast as a heroic figure in Kentucke, residents of Kentucky would still honor him as that state's frontier hero.
不过,即便没有被塑造成史诗人物,肯塔基地方的居民们依然敬爱他,将他视为这个边陲之地的大英雄。
Under the Treaty of Rome, however, the European Union has behaved as if the Med were a frontier, rather than an organising principle.
然而在罗马条约下,地中海在欧盟仅似一个边缘地带,而不是主要组成部分。
He thought of the surging great river flowing towards the frontier. Huh, the language people used there was of a completely different order.
他想起了那条浩浩荡荡地向边境流去的大河,哦,在那条河上人们讲的是另一套行话。
He was an original pioneer into the dark frontier of chaos before it gelled into a scientific theory and faddish field of study.
早在混沌形成科学理论、成为时尚的研究领域之前,他就是探索这一黑暗领域的一位先驱。
One day, one of his horses ran out of his stall, and passed through the frontier into where the Huns lived.
一天,他的一匹马逃出马厩,越过边界,跑到了胡人居住的地方。
Frontier watches in Peshawar, NWFP's edgy capital, speculate that the army may be trying to re-enlist the support of these brigands .
白沙瓦的边境观察员们(西北边疆的前卫资本)推测军队可能正试图重新取得这些强盗的帮助。
In a media world where ads seem to be everywhere, body billboards could be the final frontier.
在如今广告似乎无处不在的媒体世界,人体广告牌似乎是仅剩的开拓领域。
Your father DID not hesitate an instant, and the sum was sent to the frontier of piedmont, with a passport signed for Italy.
令尊毫不迟疑,差人把那笔款子送到皮埃蒙特边境上,还带去了一张去意大利的护照。
For one, frontier markets are small and illiquid, so investors may find it difficult to get out of a bad-performing stock.
其中之一便是前沿市场较小且流动性弱,因此投资者或许难以从一只表现差的股票中抽身。
It also shows buying into proven oilfields is often a safer way to add reserves to the books than tricky frontier exploration.
它还表明,与风险更高的前沿勘探相比,收购已探明油田通常可以更稳妥地增加储量。
During the last twenty years, environmental assessment(EA)has developed into a comprehensive and multi discipline frontier science.
环境评价经过二十年的发展已成为一门综合的、多学科天又的边缘科学。
From the early days of popular use of the Internet, the rallying cry was that cyberspace was the new frontier, subject to no law.
互联网自普及之初便喊出了一个响亮的口号:网络空间是不受任何法律制约的新疆域。
To disobey the mind is to sojourn in the frontier, assembling a new reality that awakens you to what you are, outside of the mind.
违背头脑而旅居在边境,聚集了一个新的实相,唤醒你到在心智之外你所真正是的。
If he had tried to leave the country he would have been stopped at the frontier.
要是他当时试图离开这个国家,他就会在边界被阻拦。(但他并未这样做。)
But for now, avidly embracing the digital frontier is the best prospect the U. S. has for generating the kind of growth that creates jobs.
但是目前,对于产生能创造就业的增长来说,去热情拥抱数字前沿是美国最好的前途。
Therefore, it is of vital importance that the frontier in question be defined precisely by always naming the point and place in the term.
因而,用指定地点和具体交货点准确界定所指边境,这是极为重要的。
In January, after four years of work by the general and his staff, Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet approved a change in the frontier.
经过将军和他带领的团队长达四年的调查工作后,今年一月,西尔维奥•贝卢斯科尼(意大利总理)的内阁批准了边界的改动。
In 1890, the U. S. Census Bureau declared that there was no longer such a thing as the American frontier.
在1890年,美国统计局公布并无美国边境这一说。
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