| 词汇 | example_english_verge-of-starvation |
| 释义 | on the verge of starvationcollocation in Englishmeanings of on, vergeand starvationThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with starvation or verge. 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 ... See more at on verge noun[C] uk /vɜːdʒ/ us /vɝːdʒ/ the edge or border ... See more at verge starvation noun[U] uk /stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən/ us /stɑːrˈveɪ.ʃən/ the state of having no food for a long period, often ... See more at starvation Examples of on the verge of starvationThese 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. Men and women are on the vergeofstarvation and desperation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Good, genuine useful people living on the vergeofstarvation and imbecile and dissolute people living in luxury and ease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are permitted to live on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hundreds of our men have been on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means 12,000,000 of people on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It came to this, that wherever they went those officers found that the populations were on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who are out of work get no uncovenanted benefit as in this country, and in consequence large numbers are on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These refugees were on the vergeofstarvation, and were a source of unhappiness to themselves, and of danger in a sufficiently precarious situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only crisis that there is in this country is that there are 3,000,000 people living on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time the whole of the labourers in the agricultural districts were on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the facts revealed in their letters show that they are living on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have too many people in the country at present on the vergeofstarvation, and all the time this work is urgently needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 None of them is in a position to buy electrical power or anything else, and they are all on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you get into the third, fourth or fifth week of the strike, you get men and women on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the pensions they are given at present they are on the vergeofstarvation, or on the verge of going into the workhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Milk is practically non-existent, the people are on the vergeofstarvation, the cattle are dying, there is no pasture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is even more essential if we seek a world in which half the population is not on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have all these additional expenses thrust upon people who are living on the vergeofstarvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole world is on the vergeofstarvation, and we are fooling about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hundreds of people have been virtually ruined and are on the vergeofstarvation. 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. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of on Go to the definition of verge Go to the definition of starvation See other collocations with starvation See other collocations with verge |
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