词性及解释
n.
边缘, 边界, 起始点
vi.
处在边缘, 接近, 下沉, 趋向
【医】
环, 圆周
词形变化
动词过去式: verged
过去分词: verged
现在分词: verging
第三人称单数: verges
英英解释
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1.
n.a grass border along a road
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2.
n.the limit beyond which something happens or changes
[例]
○ on the verge of tears
○ on the brink of bankruptcy
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3.
v.border on
[例]
○ come close to
○ His behavior verges on the criminal
常用词组
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例句
1.
The effect of the present revelation was stunning.He trembled AND was on the verge of apoplexy
这当头一棒很奏效，那银行家不禁打了个寒颤，顿时头晕目眩起来。
2.
He paused, open-mouthed, on the verge of the pit of his own depravity and utter worthlessness to breathe the same AR she did
他张着嘴，打住了，在快要落入堕落的深渊时打住了。他完全不配跟她呼吸同一种空气！
3.
Two men stood AT the verge of the cliff, wATching: businessman, boATman
有两个人站在悬崖边上眺望着，一个是商人，另一个是船老大。
4.
The Russians, he was instructed, were decayed, the French degenerate, the British on the verge of civil war
他被告知的是，俄国人已腐朽了，法国人已衰退了，英国人正处在内战的边缘。
5.
She could play only moderately herself, and such variety as Mrs. Vance exercised bordered, for Carrie, upon the verge of great art.
她自己只能弹弹一般的曲子,在她听来,万斯太太演奏的丰富多采的乐曲,已经接近伟大的艺术了。
6.
Of some fierce Maenad, even from the DIM verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height, The locks of the approaching storm.
从天穹的最遥远而模糊的边沿直抵九霄的中天,到处都在摇曳欲来雷雨的卷发
7.
Doesn't that verge rather on shop ? (Evelyn Waugh).
那岂不是快变成商店了?。
8.
Had it not Been FOR your timely help, our company would have Been on the verge of Bankruptcy.
若非你及时伸出援助之手，本公司将会濒临破产的边缘。
9.
I HAD a rude awakening when I found myself on the verge of bankruptcy.
我发现自己已到了破产边缘时才猛然意识到事情不妙。
10.
He told us point-blank that HIS company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
他直截了当地告诉我们,他的公司快要破产了。
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