brink
brink 英 [brɪŋk] 美 [brɪŋk]
n. 边缘
名词复数:brinks
- The brink of something is the very edge of it. If you want to give your mom a good scare, stand on the brink of a steep cliff and slowly lean forward.
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- n. 边缘
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1. on the brink of collapse, on the brink of war, on the brink of death, on the brink of disaster
濒于崩溃╱战争╱死亡╱灾难
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2. Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.
科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。
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3. He's pulled the company back from the brink .
他使公司起死回生。
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4. the brink of the precipice
悬崖边缘
- brink (n.) "edge or border of a steep place," early 13c., from Middle Low German brink "edge," or from a Scandinavian source akin to Danish brink "steepness, shore, bank, grassy edge," from Proto-Germanic *brenkon, probably from PIE *bhreng-, variant of *bhren- "to project; edge" (source also of Lithuanian brinkti "to swell").
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