verge on bankruptcy

基本解释

In some cases, investor-owned utilities were on the verge of bankruptcy, and taxpayers had to come to the rescue.
在某些案例中，投资者所有的公共事业处于破产边缘，纳税人不得不出钱援救。
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。
He then retreated to the luxurious new building the Times Company built before the Internet put it on the verge of bankruptcy.
说完就撤回到在因特网把时代公司送到破产边缘之前它出资新造的豪华大楼。

Business leaders say some companies verge on bankruptcy because they cannot extend lines of credit with foreign suppliers.
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Debt-laden companies on the verge of bankruptcy, however, can emerge with low price-to-sales ratios.
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There are no talks of companies on the verge of bankruptcy because of a global liquidity squeeze.
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