

periphery
[PERIPHERY]
英 [pə'rɪfəri] 美 [pə'rɪfəri]
n.周边;边缘;外围
◉词源
“Periphery”源自拉丁语“peripheria”,来自希腊语“periphereia”,意为“周围、边缘”,由“peri-”(周围)和“pherein”(携带、环绕)组成。16世纪进入英语,最初指几何中的“圆周”,后引申为“边缘、外围”,用于描述地理、社会或抽象概念的边界区域。
◉外刊例句
① 《The Economist》 (2024年10月10日)
The conflict spread to the periphery of the region.
冲突蔓延到该地区的边缘地带。
② 《The New York Times》 (2023年11月18日)
She lingered on the periphery of the social circle.
她在社交圈的边缘徘徊。
◉经典名著
① 《米德尔马契》(Middlemarch) by George Eliot (1871-1872)
He remained on the periphery of the town’s affairs.
他始终处于小镇事务的边缘。
② 《瓦尔登湖》(Walden) by Henry David Thoreau (1854)
I lived on the periphery of society.
我生活在社会的边缘。
◉Usage Examples
(1) The US cordons China's periphery.
(2) You can take a look at the periphery of the Yandi Ling.
(3) He was on the periphery of Kenya's liberation struggles, but he was still imprisoned briefly during repressive times.
(4) Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group.
(5) Jackals emerged from the shadows at the periphery of the factory, crawling out behind pipes and plasma tubes.
(1) 美国在中国周边都画上了警戒线。
(2) 你可以到周边的炎帝陵看看。
(3) 他身处肯尼亚解放斗争的边缘,但仍在镇压时期遭到短时间的囚禁。
(4) 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
(5) 在工厂的外围,豺狼人从隐蔽处现身,在管道和等离子导管后缓慢移动。
◉Usage Notes
When something is on the periphery of your vision, you can only see it when you’re looking sideways. Periphery means outside the boundary of something.
If you’re on the periphery of a group, you’re close to it but not part of it. A band on the periphery of a particular scene might have opened for another band a few times, but it's never headlined or gotten their big break. Periphery comes from a Greek word meaning "to carry around."
◉柯林斯词典
1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]边缘;周围;外围 If something is on the periphery of an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it. [usu with poss] [FORMAL 正式]
① Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent...
从地理位置上讲,英国处于欧洲边缘,而巴黎却位于欧洲大陆的中心位置。
② Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery.
味蕾集中于舌尖、舌根和舌头两侧。
2. [N-COUNT 可数名词](学科、兴趣的)边缘,次要部分 The periphery of a subject or area of interest is the part of it that is not considered to be as important or basic as the main part. [usu with poss]
The sociological study of religion moved from the center to the periphery of sociology.
宗教的社会学研究从社会学的中心学科变成了边缘学科。
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