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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。
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简明英汉词典verge[vE:dV]v.濒临n.边缘美国传统词典vergeverge 1AHD:[v�0�4rj] D.J.[vT8d9]K.K.[vPd9]n.（名词）The extreme edge or margin; a border.See Synonyms at border 边，边沿，边缘：极端的边线或边缘；边沿，边界参见 borderAn enclosing boundary.界限：围合的边界The space enclosed by such a boundary.范围；区域：被该界限围合的空间The point beyond which an action, a state, or a condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink:起始点，临界点：行为、状态或情况在超过该点时可能开始或发生的一点；始发点：on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.几乎要流泪了；一个经济即将繁荣的国家Architecture The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.【建筑学】 山墙突瓦，檐口瓦，滴水瓦：突出在屋顶的山墙上的盖瓦的边缘Chiefly British The shoulder of a road.【多用于英国】 路肩，路边A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.权杖：作为权力或职位的象征而携带的手杖、棒或短杖Obsolete The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.【废语】 节杖：封建时代的佃农向地主宣誓效忠时手持的手杖The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.摆轮心轴：钟表内的平衡轮的心轴，尤指带有垂直擒纵轮的钟内摆轮心轴The male organ of copulation in certain invertebrates. 雄性生殖器官：某些无脊椎动物的雄性生殖器官v.intr.（不及物动词）verged,verg.ing,verg.es To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used withon : 接近，逼近：接近具体指定的某物的性质或情况；走近。与on 连用： a brilliance verging on genius.近乎天才的才智To be on the edge or border:处于边沿或边缘：Her land verges on the neighboring township.她的土地与邻镇相连语源Middle English 中古英语 from Old French [rod, ring] 源自 古法语 [手杖，戒指] from Latin virga [rod, strip] 源自 拉丁语 virga [手杖，狭条] 基本词义vergeverge 2AHD:[v�0�4rj] D.J.[vT8d9]K.K.[vPd9]v.intr.（不及物动词）verged,verg.ing,verg.es To slope or incline.倾斜或倾向To tend to move in a particular direction:接近，濒于：倾向于向某一特定的方向移动：“the Neoclassicism . . . away from which they subsequently verged”(Hugh Honour)“他们随后偏离了…新古典主义”(休·昂纳)To pass or merge gradually:趋向，渐变：逐渐通过或合并：dusk verging into night.天色渐渐地暗了下来
