verge on

英 [vɜːdʒ ɒn]

美 [vɜːrdʒ ɑːn]

极其接近; 濒于

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 极其接近;濒于
If someone or somethingverges ona particular state or quality, they are almost the same as that state or quality.
1. ...a fury that verged on madness...
  气得快要发疯
2. Her speaking voice verges on the ridiculous.
  她讲话的声音近乎可笑。

双语例句

But now perhaps we are at a most critical point on the verge of controlling nature and on the brink of destroying it.
但，现在也许我们处在一个关键的时刻：在控制自然的边缘，也在毁灭她的边缘。
When vale settled with its customers last month it was on the verge of launching a takeover bid for Xstrata and needed some good news in order to boost its share price and clinch the deal on favourable terms.
上月，当淡水河谷与其客户达成协议时，该公司即将发起对斯特拉塔的收购，因此需要一些利好消息来推高其股价，以便以有利的条件达成交易。
Even more important are the fragile political underpinnings of global economic integration: the US is on the verge of what may ultimately prove the most significant defeat in its history; an attack on Iran looks possible; and North Korea has become a nuclear power.
更重要的是，全球经济整合的政治支柱十分脆弱：美国可能遭受其历史上最惨痛的失败；可能会对伊朗进行军事打击；朝鲜已成为一个核国家。
On the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
几乎要流泪了；一个经济即将繁荣的国家。
Verge line pattern on the leaf could be stably inherited.
线艺春兰叶片上的腹轮艺通过组培可以稳定遗传。
The warm trend of spring temperature will decelerate, or verge on stochastic variation even more, namely, We can't confirm whether warm or cold in future.
春季气温变暖趋势减缓，或者更接近于随机变化，即未来变暖变冷不能确定。
Their friendship may verge on the servile, but it is never disinterested.
她们的友情甚至到了可供驱使的地步，但从来也到不了无私的程度。
You should be sufficiently confident about your destiny to believe that you are on the verge of great changes, that will put you on another path leaving the old paradigm behind.
你们将充分确立自己的使命，相信自己就处在伟大转变的边缘，它将把你们放置在另一条崭新道路上，脱离旧的实相。
Her speaking voice verges on the ridiculous.
她讲话的声音近乎可笑。
Though his ball club is on the verge of regaining their once West Coast dominance, the playmaker can't see the dim light raying on him any different.
尽管他的球队正朝着“重回当年在西海岸的统治地位”的方向进发，但是这位组织核心看不到从他身上发出的朦胧的光芒有什么不同。