verge

美音：[vɜrdʒ] 英音：[vɜː(r)dʒ]

简单释义：

v.濒临；向…倾斜；倾向

n.（路边的）小草地

网络边缘；边界；界限

变形：

复数：verges 现在分词：verging 过去分词：verged

完整释义：

1.边缘;(长草的)路边;(花坛的)镶边;界限,范围,境界
2.边缘,濒于
3.作为...的边界
4.〔建〕装饰柱身,装饰性的边
5.毗连
6.端
7.山墙突檐
8.权杖,节杖
9.(钟表等的)轴
10.【建筑】饰柱;蝼羽〔凸出檐边的屋瓦〕

1.接近,逼近,濒临
2.接近,近乎
3.向…倾斜,斜向;倾向,趋向

例句：

I was brought up in an Italian immigrant family with a work ethic that teetered on the verge of slave labour.
我在一个意大利移民家庭长大，而家里的职业道德近乎是要像奴隶一样去劳作。
One evening, just as she was on the verge of swallowing her draught, there was a timid knock on her door.
一天晚上，就在她要吞下安眠液时，门口传来怯怯的敲门声。
However, Baggio could now be on the verge of a sensational return with the Old Lady prepared to offer him the Vice-President role.
然而，巴乔接近回归尤文是轰动性的，老妇人准备给他提供他副主席角色。
He said he was on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough.
他说他马上就要出现进化的突破了
The matter is pressing in its own right, but also because most of the advanced economies are either already in or on the verge of recession.
问题本身就已十分紧迫，但另一个原因是大多数发达经济体不是已经进入衰退，就是处在衰退的边缘。
With the league on the verge of missing games, Santa Stern should at least have the heart to give us five national games.
联盟处在停摆的边缘，斯特恩一定想要在这天为我们献上至少5场的全美比赛。
My lords, it has pleased Providence to places in such a state that we appear every moment to abe upon the verge of some great mutations.
议员们，令人高兴的是上帝把我们置于时时刻刻接近某些重大变化的情况下。
Despite a year of government effort, a tentative recovery in the housing market appears to be on the verge of stalling.
尽管经过了政府一年的努力，房地产市场微弱的复苏看起来到了停滞的边缘。

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