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verging

/vurj/US // vɜrdʒ //UK // (vɜːdʒ) //

边缘化,边缘,边缘的,濒临

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

  • Luminar, the buzzy sensor startup that is on the verge of becoming a publicly traded company, locked in a supplier deal to furnish Intel subsidiary Mobileye with lidar for its fleet of autonomous vehicles.

  • Washington could be on the verge of a seismic shift in power as final votes are being tallied in the presidential election, but the dynamics around economic relief talks that have sputtered on and off for months do not appear to have changed.

  • With the Penn State men’s basketball team on the verge of making the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011, Lucchesi predicted this would be the best year yet.

  • Over the course of three hours, the drivers took control more than a dozen times, including at least two cases when the car seemed to be on the verge of crashing into another vehicle.

  • Finally, there’s a category of interventions that might be marginally useful but verge on pandemic theater.

  • After Vietnam, it was axiomatic that the press would approach those in power with a skepticism verging on cynicism.

  • Early on, that seemed like a cool effect, because it really highlighted the reaction, but it lacks anything verging on subtlety.

  • And the color of the meat itself was a rich red verging on purple.

  • Lapid may be malleable, but Bennett was without question on the hard-right, verging on undemocratic.

  • The attacks were personal, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes even verging on nativist (who knew Democrats hated Switzerland so much).

  • For a month before the Protocol was signed the relations between Spaniards and Americans were verging towards a crisis.

  • Eloise had not given her age a thought, but, pressed for an answer, ventured the reply that she might be verging on to thirty.

  • The conduct of many of the men, French and English, seemed characterized by a recklessness verging on insanity.

  • He was of course verging on insanity, and thoughts of suicide passed through his mind.

  • Mr. Caryll was an old clergyman reputed in school traditions to be verging on ninety.

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