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verge on 等同于
释义
If one thing verges on another thing, they are similar or almost the same.
例句
The director was apparently infuriated at the press conference by a comment that verged on an insult.
GRE
In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer’s Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression?
此外，某些黑人小说的风格——如让·图墨的《甘蔗》——几乎就是表现主义和超现实主义;以往表现黑人英雄与命运抗争这一盛行的主题通常由自然化的表达方式叙述，这种技巧是否为表现这类主题提供了一种新的思路?