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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her speaking voice verges on the ridiculous.
  她讲话的声音近乎可笑。
• 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。
• The international financial crisis and especially GE Corporation on the verge of bankruptcy due to financial business and other factors, arouses public concern and reflection on the pattern of industrial and financial capital combination again.
  国际金融危机的爆发，特别是美国GE公司因受金融业务风险敞口过大等因素影响而一度濒临困境，产业集团的产融结合模式再度引起社会关注和反思。