demarcation

英 [ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌdiːmɑːrˈkeɪʃn]

n.  (工种、人、土地等的)划分，区分，界线

复数：demarcations　

医学

BNC.15681 / COCA.19340

牛津词典

noun

• （工种、人、土地等的）划分，区分，界线
  a border or line that separates two things, such as types of work, groups of people or areas of land
  1. It was hard to draw clear lines of demarcation between work and leisure.
     在工作和闲暇之间很难划出明确的界限。
  2. social demarcations
     社会阶层的划分

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 界线(或界限)的划定
  Demarcationis the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
  1. ...the demarcation line between Indian and Pakistani Kashmir...
     克什米尔的印度控制区和巴基斯坦控制区之间的分界线
  2. Talks were continuing about the demarcation of the border between the two countries.
     关于两国之间边界划定问题的谈判仍在继续。

英英释义

noun

• a conceptual separation or distinction
  1. there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
  Synonym:linedividing linecontrast
• the boundary of a specific area
  Synonym:limitdemarcation line

双语例句

• The British crew was conducting searches near the demarcation line that separates the territorial waters of Iran and Iraq.
  英国船员正在伊拉克和伊朗领海划分线周围执行检查。
• Talks were continuing about the demarcation of the border between the two countries.
  关于两国之间边界划定问题的谈判仍在继续。
• From a medical point of view that AIDS patients and AIDS patients with no clear demarcation.
  从医学角度说，艾滋病病人与艾滋病患者还没有明确的划分。
• The line of demarcation between the adult and the child world is drawn in many ways.
  译文：成人与儿童世界的划分是多方面的。//划分成人与儿童世界有很多方式。
• Transaction demarcation can have a negative effect on service layer reusability if implemented inappropriately.
  如果实现方式不当，事务划分会对服务层可重用性产生负面影响。
• Today, the demarcation line between art and design become more and more blurred.
  当今，艺术与设计的界限正在逐渐模糊。
• There exist long debates on the issue of demarcation line between administrative violations of law and administrative crime.
  行政违法与行政犯罪的界限问题，在中外法律理论界与实务界长期聚讼不休。
• Curzon Line: Demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia.
  寇松线：波兰和苏俄之间的边界线。
• Alienation effect is a line of demarcation between Chinese and western drama.
  间离效果是中西戏剧艺术的分水岭。
• The demarcation between the cities and the wilderness remains, separating two very different worlds.
  城市和残存的荒野对峙，分成两个完全不同的世界。