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词汇 example_english_verge-of-bankruptcy
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on the verge of bankruptcy

collocation in English

meanings of on, vergeand bankruptcy


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on
preposition
uk /ɒn/ us /ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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verge
noun[C]
uk /vɜːdʒ/ us /vɝːdʒ/
the edge or border ...
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bankruptcy
noun
uk /ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/ us /ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/
a situation in which a business or a person ...
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Examples of on the verge of bankruptcy


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After 18 years in business he $ had some unfortunate losses and was on the vergeofbankruptcy in 1791.
I am not sure that it is not on the vergeofbankruptcy now, but it will certainly be bankrupt long before it attains independence.
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This argument applies to many classes of people, but it applies particularly strongly to farmers, many of whom are on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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It brought many to bankruptcy and many to the vergeofbankruptcy.
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It is known to many that scores of concerns are practically on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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It is fantastic to say that every farmer in this country is on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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Many men who have spent their money promoting farming interests are now on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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Many of these small businessmen are being driven to the vergeofbankruptcy.
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Some of the merchants are on the vergeofbankruptcy as a consequence.
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Within five years the reserves had been dissipated and the country was on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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It was always the directors who spoke like that who brought the business to the vergeofbankruptcy.
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Yet here we are telling ourselves that we are on the vergeofbankruptcy and in very serious trouble.
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They are making very little money, and most of them are on the vergeofbankruptcy and ruin.
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If we were told that the nation was on the vergeofbankruptcy, of course, sacrifices had to he made.
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Every industry in time country is on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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Many are trembling on the vergeofbankruptcy now.
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Settling the dispute will mean giving the miners extra money—so why push the country to the vergeofbankruptcy?
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Three years ago, sheep farmers in my area were on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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Many football clubs are on the vergeofbankruptcy.
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A great many workers now, when they find that their employers are on the vergeofbankruptcy, accept lower levels of wage.
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