"verge on" 怎么发音
expression
VURJ-awn
VURJ-on
释义
To be very close to something, especially a particular feeling, quality, or state, but not quite reaching it.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈvɝdʒ/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn
英式英语
vˈɜːdʒ/ /ˈɒn
简化发音
美式
VURJ-awn
英式
VURJ-on
语境中听
Her patience was starting to verge on anger.
His question verged on rude.
The movie’s plot verges on the unbelievable.
His jokes sometimes verge on being offensive, but he means well.