バートランド・ラッセル英単語・熟語 o082 - on the verge of

★ on the verge of【～の寸前で、今にも・・・しそう】

* verge (n)：縁（ふち）

１．ラッセルの例

In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics.
[思春期には私は人生を憎み,たえず自殺寸前の状態にいたが,もっと数学について知りたいという欲望から,なんとか自殺を思いとどまった。]
　出典：ラッセル『幸福論』第１章「不幸の原因」

She disliked wine, abhorred tobacco, and was always on the verge of becoming a vegetarian.
[彼女（ラッセルの祖母）はワイン（酒）を嫌い,タバコを毛嫌いし,常に菜食主義者になるかならないかの瀬戸際にいた。]
　出典：ラッセル『自伝』第１巻第１章「幼少時代」

２．参考例

ラッセル英単語・熟語1500

The trees having cast their leaves, we are now on the verge of winter.
[木々は葉を落とし、今は冬の寸前である。]
　出典：『解体英熟語-改訂第２版』p.423

The Roman Empire was on the verge of collapsing.
[ローマ帝国は今にも崩壊しそうだった。]
　出典：『鉄緑会東大英単語熟語鉄壁』p.423

She was on the verge of tears. (= nearly crying)
　出典：Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. new ed.

They are on the verge of signing a new contract.
　出典：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 8th ed.

If you are on the verge of something, you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon.
　出典: Collins COBUILD English Dictionary for Advanced Learner's, new ed.