一、详细释义:
n.
边,边缘,界线
例句:
This country is on the verge of economic crisis.
这个国家正处于经济危机的边缘。
例句:
She'll push him to the verge of suicide.
她将会把他逼到自杀的地步。
v.
濒临,接近;处在边缘 [I]
例句:
The plane verged into the clouds.
飞机飞入云端。
例句:
Her silly talk verged on nonsense.
她的蠢话近乎胡说八道。
二、词义辨析:
edge,border,margin,rim,verge,brim,fringe
这些名词均有“边,边缘”之意。edge普通用词,指较窄的边沿。border侧重刚好在界线内的一部分表面上,指较宽的边缘,也可指边缘本身。margin指物体的空白边,一般较宽。rim指圆形或有曲线的物体的边缘。verge指明显地标志一个表在或一广阔空间的边界,或终端线,也指极狭窄的空间。常用作比喻。brim指深容器的内边或河、湖等水域的最高线。fringe指地毯的须边、围巾的花边、烫发的卷边或人群的边缘。
三、参考例句:
She was on the verge of tears.
她几乎要哭出来了。
This country is on the verge of economic crisis.
这个国家正处于经济危机的边缘。
His voice trembled, on the verge of tears.
他声音颤抖,泪水在眼眶里打转。
He was on the verge of betraying his secret.
他险些泄露了秘密。
She was on the verge of telling all the secret.
她正想把全部的秘密讲给我听。
We are on the verge of signing a new contract.
我们即将签订一份新合同。
The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction.
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She'll push him to the verge of suicide.
她将会把他逼到自杀的地步。
The old man was on the verge of eighty.
那老人已年近八十。
Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
很多物种已经被猎杀到灭绝的边缘。