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单词 verge
释义

verge

noun
/vɜːdʒ/
/vɜːrdʒ/
(British English)Idioms
  1. a piece of grass at the edge of a path, road, etc.(路边的)小草地,绿地
    • a grass verge长了草的路边
    • The vehicle crossed white lines and mounted a verge before being stopped by police.汽车越过白线冲进路边绿地,这才被警察拦住。
    compare soft shoulderTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • grass
    • motorway
    • roadside
    verb + verge
    • mount
    • hit
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin virga ‘rod’. The current verb sense dates from the late 18th cent.
Idioms
on/to the verge of something/of doing something
  1. very near to the moment when somebody does something or something happens濒于;接近于;行将
    • He was on the verge of tears.他差点儿哭了出来。
    • They are on the verge of signing a new contract.他们即将签订一份新的合同。
    • These measures brought the republic to the verge of economic collapse.这些措施使共和国濒临经济崩溃的边缘。
    Extra Examples
    • She was on the verge of a nervous breakdown when she finally sought help.她最终求助时已经濒临精神崩溃的边缘。
    • The company is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.公司濒于破产。

verge

verb
/vɜːdʒ/
/vɜːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they verge
/vɜːdʒ/
/vɜːrdʒ/
he / she / it verges
/ˈvɜːdʒɪz/
/ˈvɜːrdʒɪz/
past simple verged
/vɜːdʒd/
/vɜːrdʒd/
past participle verged
/vɜːdʒd/
/vɜːrdʒd/
-ing form verging
/ˈvɜːdʒɪŋ/
/ˈvɜːrdʒɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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