verge
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++verge1 /vɜːdʒ $ vɜːrdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 be on the verge of something ALMOSTto be at the point where something is about to happen 濒于…，即将… Jess seemed on the verge of tears. 杰斯似乎差点就要哭了。 an event which left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown 让她几乎精神崩溃的一件事 Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction. 山地大猩猩濒临绝种。be on the verge of doing something The show was on the verge of being canceled due to low ratings. 因为收视率太低，这档节目就要被取消了。2 British English the edge of a road, path etc 路边，路缘 The car skidded across the road and came to a stop on the grass verge. 汽车滑过路面，在路缘草带上停了下来。
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verge• Doyle swerved, running the car on to the right hand verge, and braked hard.• Flocks of large black-and-white birds shifted in unison across the middle of the roundabouts and along roadside verges, probing for worms.• Born in 1930, so she must be on the verge of retirement now.• And adults do not need to be on the verge of shouting or crying for these mechanisms to be involved.• Now Carter is on the verge of burning brighter than the Olympic flame.• In those years, I believed I was on the verge of a major discovery.• Binyomin and Tsila had not only kissed but were on the verge of becoming man and wife in earnest.• He and his wife Brooke Hayward were on the verge of divorce - they finally split up in 1969.verge2 verb 1 verge on/upon something phrasal verb ALMOSTto be very close to a harmful or extreme state 接近，濒于〔有害或极端的境地〕 Many of Lewis’s activities verged on the illegal. 刘易斯的许多活动近乎违法。 Some of his ideas are verging on the dangerous. 他的有些想法近乎危险。 His love of James Dean movies verged on fanaticism. 他对詹姆斯·迪恩影片的喜爱近乎狂热。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
verge• That seemed a sober judgment not even verging on hyperbole.• At times these adjustments verge on sharp practice enabled by the fact that ingredients do not have to be revealed.• Domestically produced cars are overpriced while prices for imported cars verge on the absurd.• In the case of Essex and Keith Fletcher it may well verge on the impossible.• After overheating in 1989, the market may be verging on the over-cautious today.• Their desire to play an expansive game is often dangerous, verging on the suicidal.Origin verge1 (1300-1400) Old French “long pole”, from Latin virga; from within the verge “within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority”verge1 nounverge2 verbChinese
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verge
verge1 /vɜːdʒ $ vɜːrdʒ/ 
noun [countable]
Jess seemed on the verge of tears.
an event which left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction.
be on the verge of doing something
The show was on the verge of being canceled due to low ratings.
2. British English the edge of a road, path etc:
The car skidded across the road and came to a stop on the grass verge.
verge2 verb
verge on/upon something phrasal verb
to be very close to a harmful or extreme state:
Many of Lewis’s activities verged on the illegal.
Some of his ideas are verging on the dangerous.
His love of James Dean movies verged on fanaticism.
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noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: 'long pole', from Latin virga; from within the verge 'within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority'
1. be on the verge of something to be at the point where something is about to happen:Language: Old French
Origin: 'long pole', from Latin virga; from within the verge 'within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority'
be on the verge of doing something
2. British English the edge of a road, path etc:
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verbverge on/upon something phrasal verb
to be very close to a harmful or extreme state:
