C2 the point where a new or different situation is about to begin(事情发生的)边缘;始发点
literary the edge of a cliff or other high area(峭壁、崖的)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.
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