| 单词 | the brink (of something) |
| 释义 | the brink (of something)the brink (of something) ALMOSTa situation when you are almost in a new situation, usually a bad one （某事物的）边缘〔一般指坏情况〕 on the brink of death/disaster/war etc In October 1962 the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war. 1962年10月，世界似乎处于核战争的边缘。 The company had huge debts and was on the brink of collapse. 公司背负巨额债务，已濒临破产。 to the brink (of something) managers who have taken their companies to the brink of disaster 使公司面临灾难的经理们 back from the brink (of something) He will go down in history as the leader who pulled us back from the brink (=saved us from disaster). 他作为救我们于危难之中的领导人将名垂青史。 Examples from the Corpus back from the brink (of something)• Several species have come back from the brink of extinction.• Polly drew herself back from the brink.• Some essential honesty about it brings it back from the brink.• As long as the Dodgers remained the Dodgers, there was hope baseball could pull itself back from the brink.• In a television address, he called on deputies to pull back from the brink.• Arlington Mill is one of those mills that was pulled back from the brink of destruction in the nick of time.• But some sort of step back from the brink was essential. → the brink (of something) at brink(1) |
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