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

• 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。
• 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。
• Expressing emotions on the verge of society& On "the complex tone" in female poems of Tang Dynasty
  边缘抒情：论唐代女性诗歌的复调性
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。