Edge 埃奇地貌名称,来源于古英语,含义是“棱”(edge); edgen.边; 优势; (悬崖、峭壁的)边缘,端; 锋利,尖锐; vt.在…上加边界; 使渐进; 给(刀刃)磨边,使锋利; 修整; vi.慢慢向前移动,侧身移动; 第三人称单数:edges复数:edges现在分词:edging过去式:edged过去分词:edged例句We were on a hill, right on the edge of town.我们在恰位于城镇边缘的一座小山上。 2But in the past 11 weeks as Greece teetered on the edge of default, commodity prices have dropped.但是在过去的11周当中,正当希腊经济动荡,濒临债务违约边缘之时,商品价格出现了下滑。
一、词义不同
1、edge: 边缘;优势;刀刃;锋利。
例句:I might lose my edge with him.
我可能就会失去对他的优势。
2、verge:边缘;绿地;极限;山墙突瓦;权杖(作为职位标志)
例句:They ceased to be reliable guides. Their teaching verged on the absurd and dishonest.
他们不再是可靠的领袖,他们的教导接近荒谬和欺诈。
二、语境不同
1、edge:中性词。表优势
例句:If you are, you have an edge.
但是如果你这样做了,你就有了优势。
2、verge:多用于贬义。
例句:In his diplomatic endeavors, he at times verged on the unscrupulous, as was all too often thecase with professional diplomats of his day.
在他的外交努力中,他时常处于肆无忌惮的情况,这同当时的职业外交官的情况是一样的。
三、词性不同
1、edge:表动词, 使锐利;将…开刃;给…加上边。
例句:He argues that these bankers have to be generalists " with an edge ".
他认为,这些银行家必须是“具有优势”的多面手。
2、verge:表动词,濒临,接近;趋向;处在边缘。
例句:It was vintage stuff, although even for Mourinho, who has turned the persecution complex intoperformance art, and even for football, which thrives on paranoia, it verged on the excessive.
这是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸,尽管即使对将受害情绪变成表演艺术的穆里尼奥和喜欢偏执狂的足球,这都近乎过分了。
edge是边线、刀锋、危险临界点、优势、影响力、尖锐声调的意思。
edge的音标是 。相关短语有back edge剑背后沿,knife edge刀口、刃状物,Knife Edge刀锋,arming edge武装边缘,beaded edge边缘,leading edge前缘,alignment edge对齐边缘,absorption edge吸收边沿。可造句子如下:
1、McGregor’s effort was enough to edge Johnson out of the top spot.
麦格雷戈奋力一搏,成功地将约翰逊从第一的位置上挤了下来。
2、The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.
现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。
3、A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.
一度身体欠佳令她表现有失水准。
4、They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water’s edge.
他们全都光着脚走过潮湿的沙地来到水边。
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