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periphery

[PERIPHERY]

英 [pə'rɪfəri] 好意思 [pə'rɪfəri]

n.邻近；边际；外围

◉词源

“Periphery”源自拉丁语“peripheria”，来自希腊语“periphereia”，意为“周围、边际”，由“peri-”（周围）和“pherein”（捎带、环绕）构成。16世纪参预英语，领先指几何中的“圆周”，后扩充为“边际、外围”，用于形色地舆、社会或轮廓主张的领域区域。

◉外刊例句

① 《The Economist》 (2024年10月10日)

The conflict spread to the periphery of the region.

封锁扩张到该地区的边际地带。

② 《The New York Times》 (2023年11月18日)

She lingered on the periphery of the social circle.

她在酬酢圈的边际盘桓。

◉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.

他遥远处于小镇事务的边际。

② 《瓦尔登湖》（Walden） by Henry David Thoreau (1854)

I lived on the periphery of society.

我生涯在社会的边际。

◉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) 好意思国在中国邻近齐画上了警戒线。

(2) 你不错到邻近的炎帝陵望望。

(3) 他身处肯尼亚自若战斗的边际，但仍在弹压技艺遭到短时候的囚禁。

(4) 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。

(5) 在工场的外围，虎豹东谈主从讳饰处现身，在管谈和等离子导管后缓缓出动。

◉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."

◉柯林斯辞书

1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]边际；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 正经]

① Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent...

从地舆位置上讲，英国处于欧洲边际，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.

味蕾逼近于舌尖、舌根和舌头两侧。

2. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（学科、趣味的）边际，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.

宗教的社会学扣问从社会学的中心学科酿成了边际学科。