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An archaic term for a boundary or a goal or destination, now considered archaic.

• 🇨🇳古旧用语，指边界、界限、终点或目的地；现代英语中已属陈旧词。

1. Boundary or limit C2 formal british

   An old-fashioned term referring to a boundary, limit, or border.

   • The river marked the bourne of the ancient kingdom.
   • Beyond that bourne, the land was uncharted.
   • He ventured to the very bourne of the known world.

   🇨🇳边界

   同义词: borderboundboundaryconfineedgefrontierlimitmarginpale

2. Goal or destination C2 formal british

   An archaic term for a goal, aim, or final destination.

   • His life's bourne was to achieve peace.
   • They journeyed toward their bourne with determination.
   • The bourne of all their efforts was a better future.

   🇨🇳目标或目的地

   同义词: aimdestinationendgoalobjectiveterminus