brink n. 1.邊,界,涯,濱,岸。 2.〔比喻〕瀕臨;(戰(zhàn)爭)邊緣。 the brink of a precipice 懸崖邊沿。 a brink-of-war policy 戰(zhàn)爭邊緣政策。 beyond the brink of our endurance 超出了我們忍耐的限度。 on the brink of 即將要,瀕臨,在…的邊緣(be on the brink of doing 即將要做。 on the brink of starvation 快要餓死)。
Natalie is living on the brink of panic . 娜塔麗正生活在痛苦的邊緣。
Now we're on the brink of success . 眼看咱們快要成功了。
Either way the moray was already on the brink . 不管怎樣,“海鰻號”已處于生死關頭。
This was the week in which france was tottering on the brink of ruin . 這個星期,法國踉蹌于毀滅的邊緣。
But the kissingers were a jewish family in a germany that was on the brink of nazism . 當時納粹主義正在德國興起,而基辛格一家是猶太人。
Miss bulstrode did not answer. she was hovering on the brink of irrevocable words . 布爾斯特羅德小姐沒有回答。她正處于話一出口便不可挽回的關頭。
The german government was bankrupt by the end of 1923, and the reich tottered on the brink of total economic ruin . 1923年底,德國政府破產,德意志帝國蹣跚于經濟總崩潰的邊緣。
Even now, when he was on the brink of an adventure which should make or mar him, he was up an hour after midnight to squeeze poor neighbours . 即使在這成敗未卜的當兒,他也要在深更半夜去勒索可憐的老百姓。
It was more merciful to launch the condemned man into twenty-four hours than to keep him shivering on the brink of that dread gulf for three weeks . 把死囚在宣判24小時之后處決,比使他在恐懼深淵的邊緣顫抖將近3個星期要更為仁慈些。
You know we are on the brink of another cataclysm , 我們正處于另一次大災難的邊緣