verged on

She verged on tears when they hugged in the car and he quickly changed out of his prison clothes into a vest she had brought along.

在车上他们拥抱在一起，她差不多要流泪了。他很快脱掉囚服，换上了她带来的背心。

'I've been calling you for ten minutes, 'said Marguerite from her window in a tone that verged on the peremptory.

“我叫了您有十分钟了，”玛格丽特的窗口说，口气几乎有些生硬。

They ceased to be reliable guides. Their teaching verged on the absurd and dishonest.

他们不再是可靠的领袖，他们的教导接近荒谬和欺诈。

But his fence-sitting sometimes verged on the ridiculous.

但有时他的犹豫不决决有些可笑。

Her silly talk verged on nonsense.

她的蠢话近乎胡说八道。