柯林斯英汉双解大词典
brink /brɪŋk/ CET6 TEM4
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N-SING If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it. 边缘
例：Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.
他们的经济正摇摆于崩溃的边缘。
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The church seems to be on the brink of schism.
该教会看来处于分裂的边缘。
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The hotel is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
这家旅馆正濒临破产。
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The king now stands on the brink of a political precipice.
这位国王现在正站在政治悬崖的边缘。
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But President Obama says "we have stepped back from the brink."
VOA: special.2009.05.29
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especially because it's on the brink of, I think, becoming something.
特别是因为我认为我的小说就快成型了。
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"But taken together,this bold, persistent experimentation has brought our economy back from the brink.
VOA: standard.2009.08.25
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