单词 | on the verge of |
释义 | > as lemmason the verge of b. With verbal nouns on the verge of, on the very point of (doing something). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [phrase] > on the point of on the verge of1858 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [phrase] > about to or on the verge of on the verge of1858 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 123 He..reached the town to find..the commons and the gentlemen on the verge of fighting. 1858 C. Dickens Let. 2 Feb. (1995) VIII. 513 We were on the very verge of granting an..annuity. 1887 ? Miss Ingham Poor Nellie (1888) 91 Twice she was on the verge of telling all. < as lemmas |
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