on the verge of bankruptcy

常見例句

Alabama’s Jefferson County is on the verge of bankruptcy.
阿拉巴馬州的杰弗遜郡已經(jīng)瀕臨破產(chǎn)。
We read yesterday about a hospital in Athens – on the verge of bankruptcy, of course – with 35 gardeners on its staff.
昨天我們讀了在雅典的一家醫(yī)院,接近于破產(chǎn),當(dāng)然全體職員中有35個(gè)園丁。
(So far, the latter has been the unfortunate “natural” course: we’ll recall Le Monde was on the verge of bankruptcy last Summer).
（至今為止，后一種很不幸地變得更“理所當(dāng)然”：讓我們回顧一下，去年夏天《世界報(bào)》還處在破產(chǎn)的邊緣）。

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