四级英语 border

1．1） [Tn] be a border to (sth); be on the border of (sth) 与（某物）接界, 接壤; 在（某物）的边上: Our garden is bordered on one side by a stream. 我们的花园有一边以小河为界. * How many countries border Switzerland? 有多少国家与瑞士接壤?
2）.[Ipr] ~ on sth (a) be next to sth; adjoin sth 接近某物; 毗邻某物: The new housing estate borders on the motorway. 新住宅区紧接高速公路. (b) (fig 比喻) be almost the same as sth; verge on sth 几乎与某事物相同; 在某事物的边缘: The boy's reply to his teacher was bordering on rudeness. 那男学生回答教师的问话时态度近乎粗鲁. * Our task borders on the impossible. 我们的任务几乎是不可能完成的.
borderer n person who lives near a border, esp that between England and Scotland 边界地带的居民（尤指英格兰与苏格兰之间的）.

2.pron.（代词）
Whatever.
无论如何
adj.（形容词）
Whatever:
不管什么：
no power whatsoever.
不管是什么力量
You use whatsoever after a noun group in order to emphasize a negative statement.