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

• When that happened, the losing group burned the flag of the winning group and raided their camp; the two groups were on the verge of declaring all-out war on each other.
  结果公布时，失败一方烧掉了获胜一方的旗帜，袭击了对方的营地。两个小组处于全面宣战的边缘。
• In a further move to bolster prices, the government is rumoured to be on the verge of reducing a stamp tax on transactions.
  为了进一步稳定股价，有消息证实政府将下调印花税率。
• See, I was on the verge of breaking on.
  看哪！我曾处在崩溃的边缘。
• Such a large decline in exports will probably mean more factories on the verge of bankruptcy and a further increase in unemployment, on top of the 20m migrant workers who have already lost their jobs from the export sector.
  出口如此大幅的下降，很可能意味着更多工厂处于破产边缘，失业率将进一步上升。中国出口行业已经有2000万农民工丢掉了工作。
• 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。
• But now perhaps we are at a most critical point on the verge of controlling nature and on the brink of destroying it.
  但，现在也许我们处在一个关键的时刻：在控制自然的边缘，也在毁灭她的边缘。
• 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。
• The warm trend of spring temperature will decelerate, or verge on stochastic variation even more, namely, We can't confirm whether warm or cold in future.
  春季气温变暖趋势减缓，或者更接近于随机变化，即未来变暖变冷不能确定。
• Doesn't that verge rather on shop?
  那岂不是快变成商店了？
• 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。