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on the verge of接近于,濒临于
 
例句：Some animals are on the verge of extinction.
      有些动物已濒临绝种。

2.One year has now passed since the earth shook Port-au Prince. The earthquake killed closed to a quater million people.

close to离…近

例句：His house is close to mine.
      他的房子靠近我家。

      It is close to fact.
      这更接近于事实。