border on

近い、すれすれである

ある性質や状態に非常に近く、ほとんど違いがないこと。

やさしい英語で： To be so close to a particular quality or state that there is little difference.

• His comments border on cruelty.
• Her confidence sometimes borders on arrogance.
• The task was difficult, bordering on impossible.

使い方： border on something (His interest borders on obsession.); border on + adjective (Their demands border on unreasonable.)

類義語： verge on, approach

よく使う表現： border on cruelty, border on the absurd, border on something

接する、隣接する

ある場所のすぐ隣にあり、境界を共有していること。

やさしい英語で： To be directly next to a place and share an edge with it.

• Our garden borders on a park.
• The village borders on a large forest.
• Does this land border on your farm?

使い方： border on something (The property borders on protected woodland.)

類義語： adjoin, border, abut

よく使う表現： border on a forest, border on another country, border on something