coterminous
adjective /kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs/
/kəʊˈtɜːrmɪnəs/
[not usually before noun] (formal)- coterminous (with something) (of countries or areas
) sharing a border国家或地区 享有共同边界;毗连;接壤 - coterminous (with something) (of things or ideas
) having so much in common that they are almost the same as each other事物或看法 几乎一致;差不多相同 - He seems to regard the interests of the state as coterminous with the interests of the party in government.
他似乎认为国家利益与执政党的利益是一致的。
- He seems to regard the interests of the state as coterminous with the interests of the party in government.
词源late 18th cent.: alteration of conterminous, with the same meaning.