Verge

(noun.) a grass border along a road.

(noun.) the limit beyond which something happens or changes; 'on the verge of tears'; 'on the brink of bankruptcy'.

(verb.) border on; come close to; 'His behavior verges on the criminal'.

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• Your eccentricity and conceit touch the verge of frenzy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was reduced to the verge of despair, when an open door attracted his attention. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Margaret sighed, as if standing on the verge of some new horror. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Mr Fledgeby appeared to be on the verge of some mutinous expressions, when his hand happened to touch his nose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I suppose animals kept in cages, and so scantily fed as to be always upon the verge of famine, await their food as I awaited a letter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The heather and peat stratum overhung the brow of the pit in mats, hiding the actual verge. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They hurried away, as soon as they saw me; my agitated mien added to their fear of coming near one who had entered within the verge of contagion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She is— Thank you, I don't want to hear your opinion of Miss Dengelton, said Crispin haughtily; your primeval simplicity at times verges on rudeness. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The conversation exhibiting these unequivocal symptoms of verging on the personal, Mr. Pickwick deemed it a fit point at which to interpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Keep to common sense, St. John: you are verging on nonsense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The hands of the clock verging upon the hour of closing the Bank, there was a general set of the current of talkers past Mr. Lorry's desk. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• She could shine yet with pale grandeur and steady might; but that star verged already on its judgment-day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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