英语词汇“on or to the verge of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. The brink or border of something towards which there is progress or tendency (from without); the point at which something begins. Usually in the phrases on or to the verge of.Various types of context are illustrated by the different groups of quotations.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the point at which something begins

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society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > verge of war

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1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. A4 I will..ding his spirit to the verge of hell.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 14 His Senses wandring to the Verge of Death.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. ii. 50 But let us seize him on the Verge of Bliss.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 787 Sheer into his bone He pierced him, but..Jove Him rescued even on the verge of fate.

1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xiii. 264 Her maternal fondness for her grandson..carried almost to the verge of dotage.

1842 J. Peddie Exp. Jonah v. 88 He seems to have been driven to the very verge of despair.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 5 Spencer..was more than once brought to the verge of ruin by his violent temper.

1884 L'pool Mercury 22 Oct. 5/4 He was jealous and volatile to the verge of insanity.

(b)1754 S. Johnson Let. 7 Feb. (1992) I. 96 I have been pushing on my work..and have brought it at last, to the verge of Publication.1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 35 The nation seemed on the verge of a civil war.1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 599 A generous city..driven to the verge of revolt.1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1864) 2nd Ser. xi. 145 Such men tread..on the very verge of a confession.1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxiv I had driven Catherine Weir to the verge of suicide.(c)1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §121 I was now upon the verge of the proper season for action.1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 2) v. 107 Just before death..his expressions and signs upon the verge of that moment awaken our curiosity.(d)1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 225 Thus brings us to the verge of modern astronomy.1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 138 We are here on the verge of an inquiry which has perplexed the greatest philosophers.elliptical.1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vi. 164 She touched on delicate verges to the Baronet.., and he understood her well enough.

单词	on or to the verge of
释义	> as lemmas on or to the verge of a. The brink or border of something towards which there is progress or tendency (from without); the point at which something begins. Usually in the phrases on or to the verge of.Various types of context are illustrated by the different groups of quotations. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the point at which something begins verge1602 society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > verge of war verge1772 brink1956 (a) 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. A4 I will..ding his spirit to the verge of hell. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 14 His Senses wandring to the Verge of Death. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. ii. 50 But let us seize him on the Verge of Bliss. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 787 Sheer into his bone He pierced him, but..Jove Him rescued even on the verge of fate. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xiii. 264 Her maternal fondness for her grandson..carried almost to the verge of dotage. 1842 J. Peddie Exp. Jonah v. 88 He seems to have been driven to the very verge of despair. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 5 Spencer..was more than once brought to the verge of ruin by his violent temper. 1884 L'pool Mercury 22 Oct. 5/4 He was jealous and volatile to the verge of insanity. (b)1754 S. Johnson Let. 7 Feb. (1992) I. 96 I have been pushing on my work..and have brought it at last, to the verge of Publication.1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 35 The nation seemed on the verge of a civil war.1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 599 A generous city..driven to the verge of revolt.1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1864) 2nd Ser. xi. 145 Such men tread..on the very verge of a confession.1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxiv I had driven Catherine Weir to the verge of suicide.(c)1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §121 I was now upon the verge of the proper season for action.1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 2) v. 107 Just before death..his expressions and signs upon the verge of that moment awaken our curiosity.(d)1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 225 Thus brings us to the verge of modern astronomy.1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 138 We are here on the verge of an inquiry which has perplexed the greatest philosophers.elliptical.1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vi. 164 She touched on delicate verges to the Baronet.., and he understood her well enough. extracted from vergen.¹ < as lemmas
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