be on the verge of

基本解釋

• 瀕臨
• 接近于……
• 在……邊緣

英漢例句

雙語例句

• Physicists, in particular, have long believed themselves to be on the verge of explaining almost everything.
  在這當(dāng)中，尤以物理學(xué)家為甚。 長久以來，物理學(xué)家總認(rèn)為他們有能力解釋一切。
• It should not be in fiscal crisis; it should not be on the verge of cutting essential public services and denying health coverage to almost a million children.
  它不應(yīng)該遭受財政危機；它不應(yīng)該處在削減必要的公用事業(yè)支出甚至拒絕為將近一百萬兒童提供健康保險的邊緣。
• This suggests that the world could be on the verge of a great management revolution: making robots behave like humans rather than the 20th century’s preferred option, making humans behave like robots.
  這暗示了世界瀕臨于一個重要的管理改革：使機器人的行為像人類而不是20世紀(jì)的首選項，使人類的行為像機器人。

原聲例句

• Analysts warn Turkey could be on the verge of again descending into a spiral of violence.
• He was continually imagining himself to be someone on the verge of saying something spectacular, but he wasn't quite there yet.
  他一直想象自己,成為那種能說出一些驚世駭俗的話的人，但是他還沒有到那一步。
  耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
• The LTTE,in a statement, says 150,000 civilians, on the verge of starvation in the sliver of coastal land they still control, can only be helped by a halt in the fighting.

權(quán)威例句

• Facebook appears to be on the verge of moving its headquarters to Sun Quentin.
  FORBES: Facebook Staffers: Sentenced To Sun Quentin?

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