frontier

frontier

英 ['frʌntɪə; frʌn'tɪə]
　　美 [frʌn'tɪr]

n. 前沿；邊界；國境
　　adj. 邊界的；開拓的
　　n. (Frontier)人名；(法)弗龍捷

中文詞源：

frontier 拓荒者，邊遠地區居民

來自front,前面的，原義為前線部隊，邊疆。後用於美國西部大開發時期拓荒者，邊遠居民。

例句：

1. A "frontier-free" Europe implies a greatly increased market for all economic operators.
“無國界的”歐洲對所有經營者來說都意味著一個大大擴展瞭的市場。

2. Until very recently Texas was an unsettled frontier.
就在沒多久之前，得克薩斯州還是一個荒無人煙的邊遠地區。

3. the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes
撒克遜人土地和古斯堪的納維亞人土地的邊界

4. There were very few border controls on the southwestern frontier.
西南國界上沒幾個邊境檢查站.

5. The frontier station was starved for food and water.
邊防站急需食物和水.