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

• 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。
• Her speaking voice verges on the ridiculous.
  她讲话的声音近乎可笑。
• One state politician has already been forced to resign after describing them as a small incident; another appears to be on the verge of going after taking a movie director and his actor son on a voyeuristic tour of the Taj following the attacks.
  一位之前把恐怖袭击称为小事一桩的邦政客已被迫辞职，另一位在袭击后带上一名电影导演和他当演员的儿子去泰姬酒店进行偷窥式的旅行，这位也快要辞职了。
• 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。
• Strangest of all, Sinn Fein has become part of a governing coalition in Northern Ireland that is so stable as to verge on the boring.
  最奇怪的是，新芬党成为了北爱尔兰统治联盟的一员，并且及其安分守己。
• See, I was on the verge of breaking on.
  看哪！我曾处在崩溃的边缘。
• It was on the verge of defaulting on its international debt.
  当时该国正处于对其国际债务违约的边缘。
• 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。
• Even more important are the fragile political underpinnings of global economic integration: the US is on the verge of what may ultimately prove the most significant defeat in its history; an attack on Iran looks possible; and North Korea has become a nuclear power.
  更重要的是，全球经济整合的政治支柱十分脆弱：美国可能遭受其历史上最惨痛的失败；可能会对伊朗进行军事打击；朝鲜已成为一个核国家。
• He looks and is on the verge of laughter; he is on the verge of something else also.
  他望着，老想笑，也老想着要干其他的事。