| 词汇 | example_english_verge |
| 释义 | Examples of vergeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. At one extreme, where discourse verged off toward real demeanor, disgust could manifest itself demonstratively in acts of snobbery. Marked passages also hint at a representational content that verges away from a single source or from a cohesive intention. While the excited crowd gathered round, suddenly and unexpectedly there was a new vortex of the festival, verging on the threshold of a challenge. Caution verging on scepticism is indeed the tone struck in all three of these volumes. The ruler continued to enjoy, unless he were unusually vicious or unlucky, a respect which sometimes verged on worship. Despite its radical rhetoric, which often verged on socialism, the rebellion stayed within the bounds of a capitalistic framework, the traditional formula of the day. Although this point verges on the platitudinous, it is nonetheless an important one. At times, the forced participation in collective violence against the willful verged on riot. Almost by definition, these attacks tended to occur in public as opposed to private spaces, most notably pleasure gardens, parks and the verges of roads. In many cases, however, it verges on impossibility to reach a definite conclusion. The slightly overturned antiform verges towards the southeast. The contents appear to be a somewhat unplanned collection of papers, in which the presentation of a few verges on the summary. Agricultural production beyond subsistence verges on the pointless where product markets are remote and costly to reach. His famed ' supernatural ' powers even verged on what, within the dichotomised understanding of rational-irrational, was regarded as ridiculous. Sinistrally verging, steeply plunging folds deform many of the thrustrelated faults. Certainly it cannot be explained in terms of the survey's methodology or scope, which verged on the superficial and amateurish. On the contrary, chapter 4 is extremely carefully argued, sometimes verging on the rhetorical, but always clear and candid. Such sartorial romanticism, verging on circus costume or military display, was frowned upon by the smart set. Here we are actually addressing an issue that verges on the one that will be treated in the following section. Many other beliefs, sentiments, and values, verging on the domains of morality and ethics, could be cited to emphasize fundamental interpersonal dimensions of pain. The subjects range widely and include some from the verges of soil science. Although the book is by and large clearly written, the substantive argument is often dense and sometimes verges on the cryptic. Such an influence is properly visualized by the behaviour of the deformation fronts in the prowedge of doubly verging experimental thrust wedges. My dissatisfaction lies with an oversimplification that verges on the unacceptable, or perhaps it is just the excessive generalisation in some instances. However, since the tone often verges on satire, and the account not confirmed elsewhere, we must also take consideration elements of fantasy in the account. In fact, the jest reveals a level of mental compulsion that verges on psychosis. Taking all this into account, a mean change of say 1.0 on a five-point scale would be extraordinarily, verging on unattainably, large. The second portion of the vowel usually possesses severely weakened breathiness or creakiness, verging on modal phonation. Such a philosophical perspective is verging into theological territory. The author's explanations for this prominence of primitive art verges on the eccentric, however. The wealth of available views and ideas combined with uncertainties and anxieties of the period often led intellectuals to adopt a complex set of standpoints that verged on self-contradiction. As a result, far from ever having a special thematic section, every issue displays an eclecticism - both of subject and methodology - which verges on the totally chaotic. The activity they are engaged in involves assessing aspects of the environment and grading them, such as the state of the pavement, grass verges, presence of litter, and so on. All land forming motorway verges serves a highway function. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Legislation provides for fines of up to £400 for parking illegally on footways and verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can foul the streets, verges and beaches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The results have been fabulous, verging on the miraculous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot deny that developments in the telecommunications industry and in the information technology sector are verging on the astounding. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In some cases this has been described as verging on a public health crisis. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The system is verging on insanity, and things will have to be put back on an even keel in the near future. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A clearway order does not preclude parking on the verges of the road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In aviation, competition, verging on conflict, is accepted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Grass verges must be wide enough to ensure good visibility, to provide an emergency stopping place and to accommodate statutory undertakers' apparatus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, black bags adorn the verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the verges of the roads were, say, 7 ft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are 9-foot verges with footpaths on each side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, a local authority can make it an offence for a dog to foul the road and footway but not certain verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The width of the existing carriageway between verges is from 18 feet to 21 feet, and is only sufficient for two lines of traffic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there enough flexibility about the sort of bypasses that can be built and do they have to be so large, with such big verges? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At one colliery, employing 600 men, for two years there was a dispute, verging on a stoppage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that to elaborate an indefinite number of instances of a principle verges on the bounds of tedious repetition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she agree that some of the earlier motorway construction was very extravagant in the amount of agricultural land taken for unnecessarily wide verges? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no great necessity to protect verges outside the metalled part of the road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With their wide, wasteful verges which have to be expensively mown, they use up 40 acres a mile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not conserve the study of nature if we destroy all the hedges and verges where birds, small animals, insects and wild flowers thrive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The one characteristic common to them all was a profound concern for the future of the country, a concern often verging on something like despair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the problem of the person who is verging on chronic sickness, where it is not possible to decide his future working capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was that risk: anything that verges on gaming carried that risk with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of this activity has been contentious, expensive and, in many cases, has verged on the absurd. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, then, it is verging on cheating to say, "you can still get your subsidised routes and your concessionary passes, and you will". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last summer, there was a proliferation of ragwort on roadside verges and on railway embankments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposals would not permit additional advertising on roadside verges, which would remain at the discretion of local planning authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, perhaps they were verging on a sensitive area from a political point of view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will it apply to grass verges on the edge of villages? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We spend over £5 million a year on sweeping and cleaning motorways and scavenging the verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Regrettably, some of the contributions have been rather negative and have at times verged on the paranoid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that as a rule the road verges are part of the highway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall still have the horrible mess on our commons and road verges, and clearly it is necessary to make provision for these people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have publicly described their behaviour as verging on the criminal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are lovely grass verges by the side of the road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the further away caravans can be parked from the verges of the highways the better, and especially at night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Effective control of the verges rests with the highway authority concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The scheme is complete except for minor accommodation works and some work on the verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hesitate to say it, but this pamphlet is verging on being dishonest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it was very closely verging on the illiberal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The residents who do not work in those areas see it every day because they see large groups of asylum seekers on the motorway verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In it there is an important article on the problem of spraying roadside verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In times of trouble, as in 1931, there were a great many industries verging on bankruptcy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With a demographic downswing, it verges on the insane not to allow that proportion of the population to achieve its full potential. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In so far as the footways and verges are part of the highway, the local authority will indeed be required to keep them clean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am talking about planting along the verges of motorways—not the adjoining land—which is now considerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A few short lengths of shin rail have been replaced near the refreshment pavilion to protect the newly sown grass verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Presumably the verges were made wide with a view to the possibility of enlargement at a later stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has adapted to new work, but for camping sites he can only hope that eviction from muddy roadside verges will not become too frequent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The implication of what was said today was that, in some respects, that would mean something verging on compulsory banking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of what has been said in support of the proposed order verges on the latter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that that is verging on a matter of privilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the agreement were enforced, it would furthermore create a situation verging on the grotesque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We should also make it clear that the ban applies to footways and verges and not just pavements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, there was not sufficient money to make sure that cars did not park on pavements and verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea is to give these holiday-makers a place where they can stay overnight en route without having to stop on roadside verges and laybys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Footways are intended for foot passengers; grass verges have a number of purposes but are not primarily for the walking of pedestrians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On all sides, the road verges were lined with earth tippings to prevent caravans gaining access to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People are reluctant to talk about their financial difficulties when they are verging on bankruptcy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What he has done verges on the fraudulent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I disapprove of parking on pavements and verges which is inconsiderate to other people and can be dangerous to the blind and the disabled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The main trouble is with the parking of heavy lorries on pavements rather than on verges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The great grass verges we see alongside our trunk roads are a great waste of good agricultural land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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