brink
brink
英[brɪŋk]美[brɪŋk]
n.边缘；
例句
The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.这个国家正处在内战的边缘。
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
The company is on the brink of bankruptcy.该公司已濒临于破产的边缘。
Washington's scapegoating of China could take the world to the brink of a very slippery slope.华盛顿方面找中国作替罪羊,可能会把世界推向灾难性下滑的边缘.
We're often told that the world is tethering on the brink of destruction.我们经常被告知世界处于毁灭的边缘.
Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.他们的经济徘徊在崩溃的边缘。
Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.有3家宾馆已破产在管，其他几家正在破产的边缘徘徊。
Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine.马拉维已在饥荒边缘徘徊了多年.
He was driven to the brink of madness.他快被逼疯了。
英语六级真题
rising temperatures and overfishing in the pristine waters around the Antarctic could see king penguin populations pushed to the brink of extinction by the end of the century, according to a new study.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-SING
边缘
If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
例句
Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse...他们的经济徘徊在崩溃的边缘。Failure to communicate had brought the two nations to the brink of war.沟通不畅使这两个国家濒于战争的边缘。英汉词典释义
n.
(悬崖峭壁的)边沿
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。(危险的)边沿
The company is on the brink of bankruptcy.该公司已濒临于破产的边缘。（…的）边缘；（…的）初始状态
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a region marking a boundary
2. the edge of a steep place
3. the limit beyond which something happens or changes;
"on the verge of tears""on the brink of bankruptcy"行业词典
计算机： 边侧，边界，边缘；
