be on the verge of

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Physicists, in particular, have long believed themselves to be on the verge of explaining almost everything.
在這儅中，尤以物理學家爲甚。長久以來，物理學家縂認爲他們有能力解釋一切。
It should not be in fiscal crisis; it should not be on the verge of cutting essential public services and denying health coverage to almost a million children.
它不應該遭受財政危機；它不應該処在削減必要的公用事業支出甚至拒絕爲將近一百萬兒童提供健康保險的邊緣。
This suggests that the world could be on the verge of a great management revolution: making robots behave like humans rather than the 20th century’s preferred option, making humans behave like robots.
這暗示了世界瀕臨於一個重要的琯理改革：使機器人的行爲像人類而不是20世紀的首選項，使人類的行爲像機器人。

Analysts warn Turkey could be on the verge of again descending into a spiral of violence.
He was continually imagining himself to be someone on the verge of saying something spectacular, but he wasn't quite there yet.
他一直想象自己,成爲那種能說出一些驚世駭俗的話的人，但是他還沒有到那一步。
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"They may be on the verge of arresting someone and that's good, " he said.
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While the Thunder may be on the verge of something special of their own.
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