verge
英 /vɜːdʒ/ 美 /vɝːdʒ/
- n. 边缘；临界点The point just before something happens.
- n. 路边草地A strip of grass beside a road.
- v. 接近；近乎To come close to a particular state or quality.
She was on the verge of tears after losing her ring.
她丢了戒指，几乎要哭出来了。
Several native species are on the verge of extinction because their habitats have been severely damaged.
几种本地物种因栖息地遭到严重破坏而濒临灭绝。
搭配
on the verge of extinction 濒临灭绝on the verge of doing something 即将做某事a grass verge 路边草地verge on the absurd 近乎荒谬
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on the verge of后接名词或动名词；动词常接on。
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