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edge

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基本释义

  • n.边线; 刀锋; (危险)临界点; 优势; 影响力; 尖锐声调
  • v.缓慢地移动; 给…加边; 略微增加(变好)

词性变化

实用例句

Don't put that glass so near the edge of the table.

别把那只玻璃杯放在离桌边太近的地方。

牛津词典

I sat down at the water's edge.

我在水边坐了下来。

牛津词典

Stand the coin on its edge.

让硬币竖起来。

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Be careful─it has a sharp edge.

小心点——这刀刃很锋利。

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They had brought the country to the edge of disaster.

他们使国家濒临灾难。

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The company needs to improve its competitive edge .

公司必须提高它的竞争力。

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They have the edge on us.

他们略胜我们一筹。

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Her show now has a hard political edge to it.

她现在的表演具有强烈的政治性。

牛津词典

He did his best to remain calm, but there was a distinct edge to his voice.

尽管他竭力保持镇静,话音里仍明显带有怒气。

牛津词典

a lace-edged handkerchief

有网眼花边的手绢

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The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats.

这场比赛使观众兴奋不已。

牛津词典

He stood on the edge of the cliff.

他站在悬崖边上。

牛津词典

a big house on/at the edge of town

城边的一栋大房子

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Greene's stories had an edge of realism.

格林的小说有强烈的现实主义色彩。

But underneath the humour is an edge of bitterness...

但是幽默的背后却透着怨气。

There was a nervous edge to his voice.

他的声音有些紧张。

My nerves were constantly on edge.

我的神经时刻处于紧绷状态。

Most of the time the audience is on the edge of its seat.

大多数时候,观众都屏息凝神。

The show, despite some rough edges, was an instant success.

虽然有一些瑕疵,演出还是一举获得了成功。

A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.

一度身体欠佳令她表现有失水准。

We were on a hill, right on the edge of town...

我们在恰位于城镇边缘的一座小山上。

She was standing at the water's edge...

她正站在水边。

...the sharp edge of the sword.

锋利的剑刃

He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it...

他慢慢挪向电话机,准备抓起听筒。

He is edging ahead in the opinion polls.

他在民意测验中的支持率正一点点攀升。

They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction...

他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。

She was on the edge of tears.

她泪水盈眶。

The three days France have to prepare could give them the edge over England...

法国有3天的准备时间,这可能会让他们在对阵英格兰时占上风。

Through superior production techniques they were able to gain the competitive edge.

凭借先进的生产技术,他们得以占据竞争优势。

Featuring new bands gives the show an edge...

以新乐队为主打是这次演出的一个亮点。

真题例句

There's part of this sickening horror of knowing you're walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as a pebble .

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses that produce as much energy as they consume.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge financially.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Finally, on June 7, McLaughlin once again demonstrated his carelessness by knocking down several mailboxes near the edge of the company's parking lot.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Shimmering glass towers line the canal's edge.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The animal made it to the roof of the building, after it took a long break on a 17th floor window edge.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The brown animal was spotted stuck on a narrow window edge of the office tower.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

It is going to lose its competitive edge in higher education.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

The proof, which was published last week in Science, comes from a team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden and California Institute of Technology who drew deep holes near the edge of ice sheet.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable " suborbital " flights — brief ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

In many cases, you could stand at the edge one village and see the outskirts of the next community.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Protein can give them the edge they need to speed that process.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

During these waits, the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge, it falls in the ground---and, in the process, it belongs out important evidence about how physical objects interact: bowls of rice do not flood in mid-air, but require support to remain stable.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250, 000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges of the plastic with dirt and weighting the sheet's center down with a rock.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot--it was a tight fit.

2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

On the edge of the Jacket, there is a piece of cloth which/that gives off light in the dark.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 语法填空 原文

She may have fed on the body of a sheep which had also fallen over the edge.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Then she ran along the edge of cliff and fell 100 feet, bouncing off a rock into the sea.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

They couldn't see or hear each other and, by mistake, simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the boundary of a surface

  • 2. a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;

    "he rounded the edges of the box"

  • 3. a line determining the limits of an area

  • 4. the attribute of urgency;

    "his voice had an edge to it"

  • 5. a slight competitive advantage;

    "he had an edge on the competition"

  • 6. a strip near the boundary of an object;

    "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"

Verb
  • 1. advance slowly, as if by inches;

    "He edged towards the car"

  • 2. provide with a border or edge;

    "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"

  • 3. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

    "Canada adjoins the U.S."

    "England marches with Scotland"

  • 4. provide with an edge;

    "edge a blade"

同义词辨析

edge, border, margin, rim, verge, brim, fringe

这些名词均有"边,边缘"之意。

  • edge: 普通用词,指较窄的边沿。
  • border: 侧重刚好在界线内的一部分表面上,指较宽的边缘,也可指边缘本身。
  • margin: 指物体的空白边,一般较宽。
  • rim: 指圆形或有曲线的物体的边缘。
  • verge: 指明显地标志一个表在或一广阔空间的边界,或终端线,也指极狭窄的空间。常用作比喻。
  • brim: 指深容器的内边或河、湖等水域的最高线。
  • fringe: 指地毯的须边、围巾的花边、烫发的卷边或人群的边缘。

反义词

n.刀口;锋;边;

center

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