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verge

/vurj/US // vɜrdʒ //UK // (vɜːdʒ) //

边缘,边缘化,边缘地带,边缘地区

Related Words

threshold阈值,门槛,槛,阈限edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势brink边缘,边缘点,边缘处,边界fringe边缘地带,边缘人,边缘化,边缘terminus终点站,总站,终点,终站borderline边界线,边境地区,边缘地带,边界point点,地点,指点,观点margin边缘,边缘化,边际,边缘地带border边界,边境,边缘,边境地区rim边缘,镶边,边缘地带,边缘地区lip嘴唇,唇部,唇,唇语brim边缘,帽檐,边缘地带,边缘的hem下摆,下巴,下身,下摆摆放boundary边界,界线,界限,边境skirt裙子,裙装,短裙,裙摆extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的selvage纱布,纱网,纱窗,锯齿trend趋势,潮流,走势,倾向bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的touch触摸,接触,碰,联系

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
    • : the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
    • : a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.
    • : British. a narrow strip of turf bordering on a pathway, sidewalk, roadway, etc.
    • : a decorative border, as on or around an object, structural part, etc.
    • : limited room or scope for something: an action within the verge of one's abilities.
    • : an area or district subject to a particular jurisdiction.
    • : History/Historical. an area or district in England embracing the royal palace, being the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea Court.
    • : the part of a sloping roof that projects beyond the gable wall.
    • : Architecture. the shaft of a column or colonette.
    • : a rod, wand, or staff, especially one carried as an emblem of authority or of the office of a bishop, dean, or the like.
    • : Horology. a palletlike lever formerly used in inexpensive pendulum clocks.
    • : Obsolete. a stick or wand held in the hand of a person swearing fealty to a feudal lord on being admitted as a tenant.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    verged, verg·ing.

    • : to be on the edge or margin; border: Our property verges on theirs.
    • : to come close to or be in transition to some state, quality, etc.: a statesman who verged on greatness; a situation that verged on disaster.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    verged, verg·ing.

    • : to serve as the verge or boundary of: a high hedge verging the yard.

Phrases

  • verge on
  • on the verge of

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounextremity, limit
Synonyms
brink边缘,边缘点,边缘处,边界edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势fringe边缘地带,边缘人,边缘化,边缘threshold阈值,门槛,槛,阈限border边界,边境,边缘,边境地区borderline边界线,边境地区,边缘地带,边界boundary边界,界线,界限,边境brim边缘,帽檐,边缘地带,边缘的extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的hem下摆,下巴,下身,下摆摆放lip嘴唇,唇部,唇,唇语margin边缘,边缘化,边际,边缘地带point点,地点,指点,观点rim边缘,镶边,边缘地带,边缘地区selvage纱布,纱网,纱窗,锯齿skirt裙子,裙装,短裙,裙摆terminus终点站,总站,终点,终站
verbcome near
Synonyms
abut互相指责,互相影响,互相指摘,互相指责的问题adjoin毗连,毗连着,毗连物,毗连的approach办法,方法,接近,途径border边界,边境,边缘,边境地区bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的communicate传达,传达信息,传递,传达意见edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势end结束,终端,结束语,终止fringe边缘地带,边缘人,边缘化,边缘hem下摆,下巴,下身,下摆摆放incline倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜的,倾向性join加入,加入我们,加入进来,加入我们的行列lean精简,瘦身,倾斜,瘦肉精line线,行,路线,线条march进行曲,行进,前进,行军margin边缘,边缘化,边际,边缘地带neighbor邻居,邻人,邻里,邻居家outline纲要,概要,纲举目张,概述rim边缘,镶边,边缘地带,边缘地区skirt裙子,裙装,短裙,裙摆surround环绕,围绕,围住,围绕着tend倾向,倾向于,倾向性,趋向touch触摸,接触,碰,联系trench壕沟,沟渠,沟槽,沟壑trend趋势,潮流,走势,倾向be on the edge临边,居高临下,临近,临近边缘brink on濒临,濒于,濒临临界点,濒临死亡边缘butt on屁股上的,屁股上,屁股对着,屁股在gravitate toward向往,向往着,喜好,向往的目标是

Examples

  • A strategy more than four decades in the making now stands on the verge of complete success.

  • In June, India’s shadow banking sector was on the verge of collapse.

  • It may not be TikTok, but Microsoft is on the verge of acquiring a lineup of popular video game titles that could help grow its consumer and video game businesses.

  • Wisconsin’s Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative was on the verge of ending operations in 2016 when itreceived a lifesaving $30 million loan, said CEO Cathy Mahaffey.

  • For those efforts, they now get first dibs at drafting a player who could bring them from the verge of success to consistent playoff appearances.

  • But to say the capital teeters on the verge of collapse is both melodramatic and misleading.

  • It was a brutally hot day, 103 degrees, and the city was on the verge of a racial explosion.

  • Washington State is on the verge of passing new gun control legislation.

  • On the verge of turning 60 this December, Lennox still has a few items to cross off her bucket list.

  • All joking aside, what was once considered an expensive gimmick is on the verge of going mainstream.

  • Late into the night they lingered on the veranda, and he found himself on the verge of confessing all to her.

  • It was still in the verge of possibility that his son might seek his father in that dismal chamber.

  • A coward by nature, he had been on the verge of a nervous breakdown before the trial, thinking of what might happen.

  • This mine is situated in low ground near the verge of the stream, and was at first only worked for gold.

  • The road we followedPg 134 closely skirts the coast for a great part of the distance, running at times on the verge of the ocean.

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