periphery

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pe·riph·e·ry /pəˈrɪfəri/ noun (plural peripheries) formal

1 [countableC usually singular]OUT/OUTSIDE the edge of an area 外围，边缘

periphery of

the periphery of the crowd

人群外围

on/at the periphery

a residential area on the periphery of the city

一个位于城市边缘的住宅区

→ outskirts

2 on/at the periphery (of something) formal OUT/OUTSIDEa person or thing that is on the periphery of something is not one of the main people or things involved in it （与某事物）稍有牵连的，处于（某事物）外围的

extremists on the periphery of the animal rights movement

处于动物权利运动边缘的极端分子

Homeopathy is on the periphery of medical practice.

顺势疗法处于医疗的边缘地带。

Examples from the Corpus

on/at the periphery (of something)• That's always a very easy thing to do on the periphery.• He had never met Hindley Foster, some one who seemed very much on the periphery of their lives.• Now she was standing at the periphery of the crowd, wondering whether Cantor would even open the envelope she was clutching.• They may stay on the periphery watching the recess-time basketball games and jump-rope competitions from the sidelines of the playground.• Moss moved on the broken trees at the periphery of the golf grass.• Ken's friendships and the way he established them continued to surprise those who were on the periphery of his activities.

Examples from the Corpus

periphery• As the wave reaches the cell periphery, enough calcium may diffuse across to activate the neighbouring cell.• Nor was this simply on the eastern periphery.• Rural development in the Western Isles periphery depends heavily on finance from the mainland centre.• Moss moved on the broken trees at the periphery of the golf grass.• There would be clashes on the periphery but none between the major powers.• That's always a very easy thing to do on the periphery.• The Ministry of Economic Warfare hung on the periphery and stirred the witches' brew.• This would argue for considerable community organization and official control of the division and leasing of land on the urban periphery.

periphery of• stores on the periphery of downtown

Origin periphery

(1500-1600) Old French periferie, from Late Latin, from Greek, from peripherein “to carry around”

pe·riph·e·ry noun

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