on the edge

介词短语
中文释义

英文释义

介词短语
  1. In a precarious position, with one's resources nearly exhausted.
    — Our job as social workers is to help families on the edge.
  2. In a state of excitement due to taking risks.
    — living on the edge
  3. With figurative or temporal proximity to (an event, state of mind, etc.). with-of
    — The stock market was on the edge of collapse.

词汇关系

近义词
on the brink of on the verge of
衍生词
live on the edge
相关词
on edge on the edge of on the edge of one's seat
并列词
on the brink on the verge
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