Humans might like firm, delineated boundaries between things, but nature isn't so picky.

人类可能喜欢在事物之间划定坚实的界限，但大自然并没有那么讲究。

It challenges that most basic of principles of our international system - that borders cannot be redrawn at the barrel of a gun, that nations have the right to determine their own future.

俄罗斯挑战了我们的国际体系最基本的原则——国境线不能通来重新划定，国家有权决定自己的未来。

But it is not enough simply to say this. Both sides also need to take steps to avoid a hard border when the UK is outside of the EU.

但仅仅这样说是不够的。双方还需要采取措施，避免在英国脱欧的情况下划定领土边界。

He assigned British lawyer Cyril Radcliffe to draw the partition line.

他指派英国律师Cyril Radcliffe划定分割线。

The potential return of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has been a sticking point in negotiations between the UK and the EU.

现在，爱尔兰共和国和北爱尔兰之间出现了重新划定硬边界的可能性，而这一直是英国和欧盟谈判的分歧点。

He said Russia did not have the legal right to redraw borders in Europe.

他说，俄罗斯没有在欧洲重新划定国界的合法权利。

There's virtually no land in Woodbridge zoned for them.

伍德布里奇几乎没有为他们划定土地。

We do want to emphasize that there is absolutely nothing wrong with boundaries.

我们确实想强调，划定界限绝对没有错。

Standards like regular vet checkups, vaccines, and designated cat zones separate from food prep areas.

标准包括定期兽医检查、接种疫苗，以及划定与食品准备区分开的指定猫咪区域。

But you want you know expertise and capacity and so you know a few years from now I hope we're more sophisticated on what or how that line should be drawn.

你期盼专家们能投入其专业知识与能力，而非翁得利。我希望几年，我们能以更加成熟的态度来讨论这条线应该怎么划定。

It was our responsibility to draw the line.

我们有责任划定界限。

The skirmish was over an outpost in a non-demarcated area.

此次冲突发生在一个未划定边界的哨所。

But the reason it's so important to draw a line is that people often dress up belief systems as science in efforts to manipulate others or undermine legitimate scientific discoveries.

但划定界限的重要意义在于人们总是会将信仰体系粉饰成科学，借此操纵他人或诋毁正当的科学发现。

If everybody starts identifying themselves as having ADHD, you know, if like 10% becomes 20%, becomes 30 becomes 50, becomes 60%, then really what is the disorder that we're talking about here where are we drawing the line.

如果每个人都开始认定自己有多动症，你知道的，如果像10%变成20%，变成30%，变成50%，变成60%，那么真正的障碍是什么，我们谈论的是我们该在哪里划定患多动症的界限。

This is because a congressional committee has approved a measure that would strip the two ministries of their ability to oversee land registry and demarcate indigenous territories, both paving the way for more agricultural development and deforestation.

因为一个国会委员会已经批准了一项措施，将剥夺这两个部门监督土地登记和划定原住民地区的权力，这两者都是进行更多的农业发展和森林砍伐的前提。

Last week, a violent clash broke out after government surveyors and security forces began to demarcate land that Tanzania reportedly would turn over to a foreign firm for a game reserve for commercial hunting.

上周，在政府测量员和安全部队开始划定土地后，爆发了一场暴力冲突。据报道，坦桑尼亚将把这些土地交给一家外国公司，作为商业狩猎的狩猎保护区。

George Washington established a presidency that was the primary actor when it came to foreign policy and domestic crises and really carved out enormous powers in jurisdiction for himself and his successors.

乔治·华盛顿确立了一个在外交政策和国内危机起主要作用的总统职位，并为自己和继任者划定了巨大的权力和管辖范围。

A court ruled that Michigan's congressional districts had been drawn by the state legislature to favour Republicans and ordered that they be redrawn in time for the 2020 election.

一家法院裁定，密歇根州的国会选区是由州立法机构为支持共和党人而划定的，并下令在2020年大选前重新划分选区。

The leaders emphasized the need for the Palestinian people to obtain their entire legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent and sovereign state on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.

三国领导人强调，巴勒斯坦人民必须获得全部合法权利，包括在1967年划定的边界上建立一个以东耶路撒冷为首都的独立主权国家。

He says the three countries have drawn ideological lines and built a new military bloc, which will aggravate geographical tensions, adding that the move could lead to the resurgence of the Cold War.

他说，这三个国家划定了意识形态界线，建立了一个新的军事集团，这将加剧地缘紧张局势，并补充说此举可能导致冷战的复苏。