很象的英文：
verge on ;verge upon

参考例句：

Rear-arc basins seem to have opening kinematics very like other chasmic basins
弧后盆地似乎很象其他裂陷盆地那样具有张开运动

He has a very feminine voice.
他的嗓音很象女人。

She Bears resemBlance to her mother.
她长得很象她母亲。

She put the glasses on and felt very dashing, like an actress in the movies
她戴上眼镜，觉得漂亮得很，很象电影里的女明星。

The likeness is indeed true, but it is a dull, dead, unfeeling, inauspicious likeness
真的，它确实很象，但却是一种呆滞死板，暮气沉沉，毫无情感的相似。

He is very spry and well-dressed, more like a young society man than anything else, and very standoffish
他很活泼，衣着很讲究，很象一个社交场中的年轻人，而且很自高自大。

A variety of fennel(Foeniculum vulgare var.dulce)whose blanched aromatic,celerylike stalks are eaten as a vegetable.
茴香茴香属中的一种(茴香变种佛罗伦萨茴香)，去皮后的茎有香味，很象芹菜，可作为一种蔬菜食用

verge是什么意思：
n. 边缘
v. 接近；处在边缘

The sky was clear from verge to verge.
天空这一头到那一头，完全澄澈清明。

This country is on the verge of economic crisis.
这个国家正处于经济危机的边缘。

The plane verged into the clouds.
飞机飞入云端。

This narrow strip verges the road.
这条狭长的地带构成了公路的边沿。

On the verge of war,success, bankruptcy
在接近战争爆发、成功、破产之际

upon是什么意思：
prep. 在...上；紧接着；逼近；根据；走上...；爬上...

He stepped upon the alter.
他走上圣坛。

To bear hard upon;press.
使痛苦不堪对某人施加困难；逼迫

press hard upon
进逼|压迫|穷追

call upon; call on
应用;访问;号召;呼吁

Lay stress on / upon
着重,重视