The Fatimid State in Egypt was on the verge of total disintegration in the period before Saladin's arrival.

埃及的法蒂玛王朝在萨拉丁到来前濒于完全崩溃。

youdao

When Leo Poplar (Burt Young), a man in the early stages of dementia, is on the verge of becoming a ward of the state, Mike sees an opportunity to supplement his income by taking over guardianship.

利奥·波普勒(波特•杨饰)是一位痴呆症早期患者，眼看需要有人监护；趁此机会，迈克担当起了他的法定监护人，从而贴补自己的收入。

youdao

It ought also to reassure those who fear that Roe v Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal in every state, is on the verge of being overturned.

ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court

As in other OCED countries whose populations are aging rapidly, Germany's pay-as-you-go state pension plan is on the verge of collapse.

FORBES: Schulte-Noelle Scores

"Given the economic mess we're in, a lot of people are coming in saying they think they're on the verge of a nervous breakdown, " says David Hellerstein, research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

WSJ: Time for a Good Old-Fashioned Nervous Breakdown