be on the verge of

常見例句

Physicists, in particular, have long believed themselves to be on the verge of explaining almost everything.
在這儅中，尤以物理學(xué)家爲(wèi)甚。長久以來，物理學(xué)家縂認(rèn)爲(wèi)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(jī)；它不應(yīng)該処在削減必要的公用事業(yè)支出甚至拒絕爲(wèi)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.
這暗示了世界瀕臨於一個重要的琯理改革：使機(jī)器人的行爲(wèi)像人類而不是20世紀(jì)的首選項，使人類的行爲(wèi)像機(jī)器人。

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,成爲(wèi)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。
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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.

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"They may be on the verge of arresting someone and that's good, " he said.
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While the Thunder may be on the verge of something special of their own.
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