verged

英 [vɜːdʒd]

美 [vɜːrdʒd]

v. 接近，濒于
verge的过去分词和过去式

PREP-PHRASE 即将;接近于;濒于
If you are on the verge of something, you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon.
1. The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful...
  这个国家即将走向繁荣富强。
2. Carole was on the verge of tears.
  卡萝尔差点就要哭了。
路边;(道路的)植草边沿
The verge of a road is a narrow piece of ground by the side of a road, which is usually covered with grass or flowers.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 shoulder

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Then the crown colonies, in which the rule of the British home government verged on autocracy, as in ceylon, Trinidad and fiji, and Gibraltar and St helena.
再后面是英国政府直辖殖民地，在这些殖民地，英国本国政府的统治简直是专制，譬如锡兰、特立尼达，斐济、直布罗陀和圣赫勒拿。
Her silly talk verged on nonsense.
她的蠢话近乎胡说八道。
Her silly talk verged on nonsense. behave in a way that is dangerous or nearly illegal
她的蠢话近乎胡说八道。干危险或近乎违法的事
'I've been calling you for ten minutes,'said Marguerite from her window in a tone that verged on the peremptory.
“我叫了您有十分钟了，”玛格丽特在窗口说，口气几乎有些生硬。
The situation verged on disaster.
形势接近于灾难的边缘。
The issue of the negative goodwill is a difficult problem of accountant in fact. It is verged in Chinese accountant theory.
负商誉问题是会计实践中的一个难点问题，在中国会计理论中常被边缘化。