[biān yuán]
(沿边的部分)border; edge; fringe; margin; rim; limb; skirt; verge; brink; periphery
the verge of economic bankruptcy
经济破产的边缘
the edge of a precipice
悬崖的边缘
the fringe of a forest; the verge of a forest; the margin of a forest
森林的边缘
the farthest bounds of the ocean
大洋最远的边缘
live at the verge of starvation
生活在饥饿的边缘
brink-of-war policy; brinkmanship
战争边缘政策
(靠近界线的;同两方面或多方面有关系的) marginal; borderline
borderline subject; interdisciplinary subject; peripheral subject
边缘学科