the second news corporation is strategic and hard-nosed, bordering on stingy.

第二个新闻集团讲究战略、注重实际，近乎吝啬。

mr bremer himself displayed 「distaste, bordering on contempt」 for some of the figures in the iraqi governing council (igc), the body he set up to put an iraqi face on the occupation.

布雷默本人对「伊拉克管理委员会」（igc）中的一些人物表示了「厌恶、近乎蔑视」。他设立igc这个机关是为了在占领当局中增加伊拉克的面孔。

in other words, confusion, bordering on chaos, and even a loosening of all the strictures by which we keep financial and economic order.

换句话说，那意味着迷茫、近乎混乱，甚至失去我们赖以维持金融和经济秩序的所有约束手段。

a unifying trait among these hackers was a strong sense of curiosity, sometimes bordering on obsession.

这些黑客的共同点是都具有极强的好奇心，有时甚至到达癡迷的地步。

we gifted them two goals that were bordering on the ridiculous.

我们莫名其妙就送了他们两个进球。

once or twice i experienced a moment of fear and it was fear bordering on panic.

有一两次我感到恐惧，恐惧到了惊谎失措的地步。

a historical region of west-central spain bordering on portugal.

埃斯特雷马杜拉：西班牙中西部与葡萄牙接壤的一历史地区。

and when you read about america in european newspapers, what you are likely to find is a tone bordering on pity.

在欧洲报纸上看到有关美国的报道时，你很可能发现近似同情的语气。

it is also a coastal city bordering on vietnam.

它还是一个与越南接壤的口岸城市。

all are treated with disdain bordering on contempt in their own countries, where nowadays they can barely get themselves interviewed on local tv.

但在国内，他们面对的是近乎蔑视的不屑态度，如今他们连在地方电视台接受采访的机会也少之又少。

the advertising industry is highly competitive—possibly even bordering on cutthroat.

广告业是竞争激烈，甚至可能接壤残酷。

occasionally ordering a take-out is fine, but having three or four a week is bordering on lazy.

偶尔点份外卖也未尝不可，但每周点三四次就等于你懒惰了。

his book is a critique bordering on an assault on mathematical – or quantitative – finance.

本书是对数学（或者定量）金融学几近抨击的一种批判。

「i could hear frustration, bordering on anger, in diamond’s voice,」 mr paulson reports.

「我可以从戴蒙德的声音中听出沮丧和愤怒,」鲍尔森先生说道。

the international monetary fund earlier this week cut its global growth outlook to 3.9 percent for 2008 - the lowest in six years and bordering on what the imf considers potential recession levels.

这个星期早些时候，国际货币基金组织把2008年全球经济增幅的预期下调为百分之3.9，这是6年来的最低点，已经接近于国际货币基金组织认为是可能的经济衰退水平。

food coma refers to the feeling of listlessness, bordering on sleep, that one feels after eating a large meal, often caused by a rush of blood to the stomach and intestines during food digestion.

这就是餐后困倦，普通称为「食物昏迷」，指的是在大吃一顿后感到昏昏欲睡，我们很多人都有领会。

kenya a country of east-central africa bordering on the indian ocean. nairobi is the capital and the largest city.

肯尼亚，非洲中东部国家，临印度洋。内罗毕是其首都和最大城市。

i think it「s a non-starter , bordering on nonsense, but i have no legal or moral quarrel with it.

我认为这项目还没开始，而且也完全不现实，但我也无法从法律或道德上提出质疑。

apple was bordering on irrelevance and financial ruin when jobs rejoined it in late 1997.

乔布斯在1997年晚些时候重回处在不当与财政危机边缘的苹果公司时。

i also chose to show the ineligibility notice as its own user interface element, once again bordering on a design decision that would need to be reflected in the user interface prototype.

我还选择了将无资格通知作为它自己的用户界面元素显示，这又是一个接近于需要在用户界面原型中反映的设计决策。

written in a tone bordering on exasperation, the report quotes one us officer as saying: “i don」t want to say we're clueless, but we are.

报告的语气接近于激愤，其中引用了一位美国官员的话：“我不想说我们无知，但我们确实是两眼一抹黑。

but circumcision drifted out of fashion, and by the 1970s it was seen as an unnecessary mutilation, bordering on the barbaric.

当割礼渐渐过时了，到了70年代，这项措施看上去没有不要了，这是在野蛮状态的边缘。

knowledge of patent law and persistence bordering on the obsessive seem useful attributes if you want to be a successful inventor.

如果你想成为一名成功的发明家，对专利法的了解以及近乎于癡迷的执着信念似乎是有益的品质。

he appears to assert the superiority of scientific over non-scientific culture with a confidence sometimes bordering on the arrogance for which he criticised others.

他似乎主张科学对非科学文化具有优越性，其中的自信有时候近乎他所批评的其他人的傲慢自大。