际(際)jìⅠ ❶ (靠边的或分界的地方) border;boundary;edge: ~ 水 the edge of a body of water;waterside; 天 ~ horizon; 无边无 ~ boundless ❷ (里边;中间) inside: 脑 ~ in one's head [mind] ❸ (彼此之间) between;among;inter-: 春夏之 ~ between spring and summer; 国 ~ international;between nations; 校 ~ 比赛 interschool matches;intercollegiate games; 星 ~ 飞行 interplanetary [space] flight ❹ (时候) occasion;time: 临别之 ~ at the time of parting; 生死之 ~ the moment between life and death; 在代表大会召开之 ~ on the occasion of the convening of the congress ❺ (遭遇) one's lot;circumstances: 遭 ~ vicissitudes in one's life;one's lot Ⅱ ❶ (正当;适逢其时) on the occasion of: ~ 此盛会 on the occasion of this grand gathering ❷ [书] (接近;挨着) reach;get close to: 高不可 ~ height cannot be reached ◆际会风云 riding on the crest of success; 际遇 [书] favourable or unfavourable turns in life;spells of good or bad fortune |