on the verge of bankruptcy

基本解释

Alabama’s Jefferson County is on the verge of bankruptcy.
阿拉巴马州的杰弗逊郡已经濒临破产。
We read yesterday about a hospital in Athens – on the verge of bankruptcy, of course – with 35 gardeners on its staff.
昨天我们读了在雅典的一家医院,接近于破产,当然全体职员中有35个园丁。
(So far, the latter has been the unfortunate “natural” course: we’ll recall Le Monde was on the verge of bankruptcy last Summer).
（至今为止，后一种很不幸地变得更“理所当然”：让我们回顾一下，去年夏天《世界报》还处在破产的边缘）。

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