brink

The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.

俱乐部即将晋级超级联赛。

——柯林斯例句

He was driven to the brink of madness.

他快被逼疯了。

柯林斯例句

The country was on the brink of an abyss.

国家岌岌可危。

——柯林斯例句

Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.

文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

——柯林斯例句

They sparred for a moment, on the brink of a full fight.

他们互相推搡了一会儿，眼看就要大打出手了。

——柯林斯例句

I was certain I was on the brink of poverty, going to the poorhouse.

我确信自己已处在贫困的边缘，马上就要进济贫院了。

——柯林斯例句

The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.

农民们说最近的通货膨胀使他们濒临破产。

——柯林斯例句

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。

——柯林斯例句

The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance.

俄罗斯农民濒临消亡。

——柯林斯例句

The Prime Minister's fragile government was on the brink of collapse.

首相领导的脆弱的政府处在瓦解边缘。

——柯林斯例句

The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster.

政府把自己推向了财政危机的边缘。

——柯林斯例句

I repeat that medicine is on the brink of a revolution.

我要再次强调，医学面临着变革。

——柯林斯例句

She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her.

3个月来她一直在死亡线上徘徊，而医生则在全力挽救她的生命。

——柯林斯例句

The company is on the brink of bankruptcy.

该公司已濒临于破产的边缘.

——《简明英汉词典》

The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.

那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘.

——《简明英汉词典》

The two countries were poised on the brink of war.

这两个国家处于交战的边缘.

——《简明英汉词典》

These monsters would not lay down their cleavers even when on the brink of their own destruction.

这些魔鬼临死也不会放下屠刀.

——《简明英汉词典》

The economy of this nation was brought into a state of disaster , and for a time even on the brink of collapse.

这个国家的经济被弄得百孔千疮, 一时甚至面临崩溃.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

Either way the Moray was already on the brink.

不管怎样,“海鳗号”已处于生死关头.

——辞典例句

Annah is a tiefling, a brash girl on the brink of womanhood.

阿娜是一名提夫林, 是个即将成为女人的粗率女孩.

——期刊摘选

The victim of this accident is near the brink of death.

这场意外的受害人正接近死亡的边缘.

——期刊摘选

But this time his brinksmanship pushes events over the brink.

但是这次他的边缘政策玩过火了.

——期刊摘选

His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.

他很无能,公司已因而濒于破产.

——期刊摘选

The world has stepped back from brink, but is still skirting the edge of the precipice.

世界已从悬崖边缘后退, 但并没有完全脱离绝壁附近的危险地带.

——期刊摘选

A week later the country was teetering on the brink of civil war.

而一周之后,肯尼亚却偷天换日地走到了内战的边缘地带.

——期刊摘选

Baby, it's time to think, Better beware, be canny and careful. Baby, you're on the brink.

宝贝, 该好好考虑了, 最好留意, 谨慎又小心, 宝贝, 你正在成长的边缘.

——期刊摘选

Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine.

马拉维已在饥荒边缘徘徊了多年.

——期刊摘选

We are at the brink of something that may not happen again for many years.

我们正处于某种状态的边缘,也许在数年之内这都不会再次发生.

——期刊摘选

Invasive species can decrease biodiversity and drive resident species to the brink of extinction.

外来物种入侵会减少生物多样性并可能致使当地物种灭绝.

——期刊摘选