demarcation

demarcation
(亦作 demarcation)
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something
    分界，划分
    the demarcation of the maritime border.
    海界的划分。
    ■(Brit.)the practice of requiring that specific jobs be assigned to members of particular trade unions
    (英)（工会的）分工
    strikes over job demarcation.
    就工作分工而引起的罢工。
    ■[count noun]a dividing line
    界线
    a horizontal band that produces a distinct demarcation two inches from the top.
    产生离顶部两英寸的明显界线的水平带。
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demarcator
noun
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from Spanish demarcación, from demarcar 'mark the bounds of', ultimately of Germanic origin and related to mark. Originally used in the phrase line of demarcation (Spanish linea de demarcación, Portuguese linha de demarcação), the word denoted a line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493
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