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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9615 COCA: 7663

C2 the point where a new or different situation is about to begin(事情发生的)边缘;始发点

Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.极大的压力使他处于精神崩溃的边缘。
Scientists are on the brink of (= extremely close to) a major new discovery.科学家们就快有新的重大发现了。

literary the edge of a cliff or other high area(峭壁、崖的)边缘

She was standing right on the brink of the gorge.她就站在峡谷的边缘。

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These countries are on the brink of a disastrous famine.

Many companies are on the brink of ruin.

Negotiations between the two countries are on the brink of collapse.

What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.

Not long ago the river otter was on the brink of extinction.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9615 COCA: 7663
brink

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRINK | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEvery最邊緣VERB + BRINKbe (poised) on, hover on, stand on, teeter on在邊緣;在邊緣徘徊;站在邊緣;處於邊緣Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.科學家即將取得重大新發現。animals hovering on the very brink of extinction瀕臨滅絕的動物bring sb to帶某人到邊緣fight back from, pull back from從邊緣掙扎回來/拉回bring sb/sth back from, pull sb/sth back from使⋯免遭災害He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).他使公司起死回生。PREPOSITIONbrink of⋯的邊緣the brink of bankruptcy / death / war破產的/死亡的/戰爭的邊緣
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9615 COCA: 7663

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