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

• There is a row of trees at the line of demarcation between the two pieces of land.
  两块地之间有一排大树作为分界。
• Next, we'll see how transaction demarcation is done using JTA.
  在下面，我们将看一下如何用JTA进行事务界定。
• It also refuses to withdraw its claim about the line of demarcation of its exclusive economic zone.
  它还拒绝收回它对专属经济区分界线的主张。
• 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。
• 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。
• The demarcation line which separated East and West is shown on the map.
  地图上标明了划分东西方的分界线。
• Chapter two is about the demarcation and definition of internalism and externalism.
  第二章“内在主义与外在主义的划界与概念界定”。
• 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。
• 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 criterion of irreversibility is also not decisive for the interpretation of demarcation of developmental homeostasis.
  不可逆标准对于解释或区分发育同形作用也是不明确的。