the outer edge of a particular area 邊緣；周圍；外圍 the less important part of something, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group 次要部分；次要活動；邊緣 - on the periphery of something
minor parties on the periphery of American politics 處於美國政治邊緣的小黨派
- on the periphery of something
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a line that forms the boundary of something): via late Latin from Greek periphereia ‘circumference’, from peripherēs ‘revolving around’, from peri- ‘around’ + pherein ‘to bear’.