英汉词典

verge 基本解释

• vi. 濒临，接近；处在边缘
• n. 边缘
• n. (Verge)人名；(英)弗奇；(西)贝尔赫

verge 词态变化

verge 中文词源

来自拉丁语virga,小杆，绿枝，引申词义小草地。同时，因用做教堂司事的权杖，引申词义管辖范围，管辖范围的边缘。

verge 英文词源

verge

verge: English has two words verge. The noun [14], which now means ‘edge’, was originally used in English for ‘penis’ (it is to this day a technical term for the male reproductive organ of invertebrate animals). It comes via Old French verge from Latin virga ‘rod’ (source also of English virgule [19]), and the sense ‘edge’ emerged in the 15th century from the notion of the limits of territorial jurisdiction of the Lord High Steward, as symbolized by his ‘rod’ of office.

A verger is likewise etymologically someone who carries an official ‘rod’. The verb verge [17] comes from Latin vergere ‘bend, incline’, which also gave English converge [17] and diverge [17].
=> verger, virgule; converge, diverge

verge (n.)

"edge, rim," mid-15c., from Old French verge "twig, branch; measuring rod; penis; rod or wand of office" (12c.), hence, from the last sense, "scope, territory dominated" (as in estre suz la verge de "be under the authority of"), from Latin virga "shoot, rod, stick, slender green branch," of unknown origin.

Earliest attested sense in English is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c. 1400). Modern sense is from the notion of within the verge (c. 1500, also as Anglo-French dedeinz la verge), i.e. "subject to the Lord High Steward's authority" (as symbolized by the rod of office), originally a 12-mile radius round the king's court. Sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area." Meaning "point at which something happens" (as in on the verge of) is first attested c. 1600. "A very curious sense development." [Weekley]

verge (v.1)

"tend, incline," c. 1600, from Latin vergere "to bend, turn, tend toward, incline," from PIE *werg- "to turn," from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Influenced by verge (v.2) "provide with a border" (c. 1600); "be adjacent to" (1787), from verge (n.). Related: Verged; verging.

verge 英文释义

1. a region marking a boundary

2. the limit beyond which something happens or changes;

"on the verge of tears"

"on the brink of bankruptcy"

3. a ceremonial or emblematic staff

4. a grass border along a road

verge 同义词解析

edge, border, margin, rim, verge, brim, fringe

这些名词均有"边，边缘"之意。

edge： 普通用词，指较窄的边沿。

border： 侧重刚好在界线内的一部分表面上，指较宽的边缘，也可指边缘本身。

margin： 指物体的空白边，一般较宽。

rim： 指圆形或有曲线的物体的边缘。

verge： 指明显地标志一个表在或一广阔空间的边界，或终端线，也指极狭窄的空间。常用作比喻。

brim： 指深容器的内边或河、湖等水域的最高线。

fringe： 指地毯的须边、围巾的花边、烫发的卷边或人群的边缘。

verge 双语例句

1. I'm sad that Julie'smarriage is on the verge of splitting up.

朱莉的婚姻濒临破裂，我为此感到难过。

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2. Her parents are rumoured to be on the verge of splitting up.

据说她的父母快要离婚了。

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3. The big Irishman was on the verge of losing his cool.

那个高大的爱尔兰人快要失去冷静了。

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4. Carole was on the verge of tears.

卡萝尔差点就要哭了。

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5. His voice trembled, on the verge of tears.

他声音颤抖，泪水在眼眶里打转。

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verge 实用场景例句

a grass verge

长了草的路边

牛津词典

He was on the verge of tears.

他差点儿哭了出来。

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They are on the verge of signing a new contract.

他们即将签订一份新的合同。

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Some of his suggestions verged on the outrageous.

他的一些建议都快到了荒唐的地步。

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The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful...

这个国家即将走向繁荣富强。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Carole was on the verge of tears.

卡萝尔差点就要哭了。

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The child is on the verge of laughing.

那孩子差点笑出来.

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She'll push him to the verge of suicide.

她将会把他逼到自杀的地步.

辞典例句

Alabama's Jefferson County is on the verge of bankruptcy.

阿拉巴马州的杰弗逊郡已经濒临破产.

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The animals were ruthlessly hunted to the verge of extinction.

这些动物由于遭到无情的捕猎而濒于灭绝.

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Although they tried very hard, they failed on the verge of success because of improper approach.

他们付出了很大的努力, 但终因方法欠妥功败垂成.

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We were on the verge of everything.

我们处于万事万物的边缘.

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He is right on the verge.

他简直要发狂了.

辞典例句

Her misery brought her to the verge of tears.

她难过得快要哭了.

期刊摘选

This country is on the verge of economic crisis.

这个国家正处于经济危机的边缘.

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Once the wild were on the verge of extinction, the natural ecology be ruined.

一旦野生动物趋进灭亡, 大自然的生态环境也将随之毁灭.

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The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.

那名大亨濒临破产的边缘.

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Sarah wouldn't even talk with her mother and was on the verge of leaving home.

萨拉甚至不和她母亲说话,几乎就要离家出走.

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The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.

国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘.

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He said he was on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough.

他说他马上就要出现一个“进化上的突破”了.

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Large numbers of people had to struggle on the verge of starvation.

那时许多人不得不在饥饿的边缘上挣扎.

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A : To tell you the truth, our firm is on the verge of bankruptcy.

老实告诉你, 我们公司濒临破产边缘.

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She was on the verge of bursting into tears.

她快要哭出来了.

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The company is on the verge of insolvency.

该公司快要破产了.

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Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep.

她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子.

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I was on the verge of accepting.

我差点儿接受.

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Carole was on the verge of tears.

卡萝尔差点就要哭了。

柯林斯例句

His voice trembled, on the verge of tears.

他声音颤抖，泪水在眼眶里打转。

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