on the verge of
US /ɑn ði vɚdʒ ʌv/
・UK /ɔn ðə və:dʒ ɔv/
A1
phr.PhraseVery near to doing or experiencing something.
She was on the verge of tears when she heard the news.
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從瀕臨破產到5家上市公司 ► 這是他背後的小習慣 - Patrick Grove （中英字幕）
- And when the dot-com bubble burst, he basically was on the verge of losing everything.
And when the dot-com bubble burst, he basically was on the verge of losing everything.
- Catcher, and when the dot-com bubble burst, he basically was on the verge of losing everything.
Catcher, and when the dot-com bubble burst, he basically was on the verge of losing everything.
How The Next Batteries Will Change the World
- Now companies are on the verge of battery breakthroughs that could change the world.
Now companies are on the verge of battery breakthroughs that could change the world.
- Now companies are on the verge of battery breakthroughs that could change the world.
Now companies are on the verge of battery breakthroughs that could change the world.
The Complete History of the Second World War | World War II Documentary | Part 1
- but German troops were on the verge of taking Moscow itself.
but German troops were on the verge of taking Moscow itself.
- By December 1941 the snow was setting in but German troops were on the verge of taking Moscow itself
By December 1941 the snow was setting in but German troops were on the verge of taking Moscow itself
Gordon Challenges MrBeast, Ronda Rousey, and MORE | Scrambled | Gordon Ramsay
- When it's on the verge of that argument, who wins?
When it's on the verge of that argument, who wins?
- When it's on the verge of that argument, who wins, truthfully?
When it's on the verge of that argument, who wins, truthfully?
Mexico could get first female president in election on 2 June | BBC News
- Polls suggest she's on the verge of becoming Mexico's first woman president.
Polls suggest she's on the verge of becoming Mexico's first woman president.
- Polls suggest she's on the verge of becoming Mexico's first woman president.
Polls suggest she's on the verge of becoming Mexico's first woman president.
Teemo The Hidden Tank - League of Legends
- When she's on the verge of dying, switch your target to the man that needs the power of a woman to take on a little kid playing in the park and still fail to kill him.
When she's on the verge of dying, switch your target to the man that needs the power of a woman to take on a little kid playing in the park and still fail to kill him.
- When she's on the verge of dying, switch your target to the man that needs the power of a woman to take on a little kid playing in the park and still fail to kill him.
When she's on the verge of dying, switch your target to the man that needs the power of a woman to take on a little kid playing in the park and still fail to kill him.
Will It Pizza? - Taste Test
- - I'm on the verge of gagging! - Hot sauce. It's layered! You know what?
- I'm on the verge of gagging! - Hot sauce. It's layered! You know what?
- I'm on the verge of gagging.
I'm on the verge of gagging.
5 ways to talk about the future without using the future tense: BBC English Masterclass
- as, 'on the verge of' and 'on the brink of'. These are followed by ing verbs or nouns.
as, 'on the verge of' and 'on the brink of'. These are followed by ing verbs or nouns.
- For example, 'Scientists are on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer.' Or 'People
For example, 'Scientists are on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer.' Or 'People
The Lie We Live
- We live in a world on the verge of collapse.
We live in a world on the verge of collapse.
- We live in a world on the verge of collapse.
We live in a world on the verge of collapse.
Building the future of artificial intelligence for everyone (Google I/O '18)
- And so to me, I feel like it's really a leap too far to imagine that having finally cracked pattern recognition after some decades of trying, that we are therefore on the verge of cracking all of these other problems that go into what constitutes general intelligence.
And so to me, I feel like it's really a leap too far to imagine that having finally cracked pattern recognition after some decades of trying, that we are therefore on the verge of cracking all of these other problems that go into what constitutes general intelligence.
- that we are therefore on the verge of cracking all
that we are therefore on the verge of cracking all