verge on

英 [vɜːdʒ ɒn]

美 [vɜːrdʒ ɑːn]

极其接近; 濒于

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 极其接近;濒于
  If someone or somethingverges ona particular state or quality, they are almost the same as that state or quality.
  1. ...a fury that verged on madness...
     气得快要发疯
  2. Her speaking voice verges on the ridiculous.
     她讲话的声音近乎可笑。

双语例句

• Silicon Valley is on the verge of a new bout of Wall Street fever, as private technology companies rush to cash in on the first signs of stock market interest in initial public offerings for more than two years, according to venture capitalists.
  风险资本家表示，随着私人科技公司急于利用两年多来股市对首次公开发行（ipo）产生兴趣的第一波迹象获利，硅谷（siliconvalley）即将出现一轮新的上市热潮。
• With Carlos Tevez on the verge of signing for Manchester United on loan from West Ham united, two ex-players have offered their opinion on the dimunitive argentine.
  随着特维斯从西汉姆租借到曼联的迫近，两名球员一致选择看好阿根廷人。
• When vale settled with its customers last month it was on the verge of launching a takeover bid for Xstrata and needed some good news in order to boost its share price and clinch the deal on favourable terms.
  上月，当淡水河谷与其客户达成协议时，该公司即将发起对斯特拉塔的收购，因此需要一些利好消息来推高其股价，以便以有利的条件达成交易。
• The religious faith reduces believers 'fear of death and anxiety on the verge of death through cultivating the control sense which the human pursues effectively, to a certain extent. Fifth, it reveals the influence on self-respect level made by religion belief.
  宗教信念通过有效培育人所追求的控制感，在一定程度上消减了信仰者的死亡恐惧及濒死焦虑。第五，揭示宗教信念对自尊水平的影响。
• Though his ball club is on the verge of regaining their once West Coast dominance, the playmaker can't see the dim light raying on him any different.
  尽管他的球队正朝着“重回当年在西海岸的统治地位”的方向进发，但是这位组织核心看不到从他身上发出的朦胧的光芒有什么不同。
• Verge line pattern on the leaf could be stably inherited.
  线艺春兰叶片上的腹轮艺通过组培可以稳定遗传。
• Their friendship may verge on the servile, but it is never disinterested.
  她们的友情甚至到了可供驱使的地步，但从来也到不了无私的程度。
• But now, the European Central Bank looks to be on the verge of an extensive new effort to try to pump money into the European economy to get it out of its doldrums, which is creating downward pressure on the euro.
  但是现在，欧洲央行（EuropeanCentralBank）似乎即将采取大规模行动，设法为欧洲经济注入资金，使之摆脱低迷。欧洲经济的低迷正在促使欧元下行。
• Dharmakara began as a bodhisattva, a person who, on the verge of nirvana, refuses entry in or-der to aid others on earth.
  法藏比斤先成菩萨一一这是一种处在涅？边缘但为了救助世人而拒绝进入其中的人。他为自己立下了要实现的四十八人愿。
• France is on the verge of elimination from the tournament, their 2-0 defeat to Mexico on Friday forcing tension between management and players into the open.
  法国队目前处于被淘汰的边缘，在上周五的比赛中，他们0-2负于墨西哥队，从而使得教练组和球员之间的紧张状态公开化。