the brink of sth

1 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)

2 literaryEDGE the edge of a very high place such as a cliff 某（高）处〔如悬崖〕的边缘

Examples from the Corpus

the brink of something• Such vehicles appear to be at the brink of feasibility because of a rapidly maturing technology, the hydrogen-burning fuel cell.• Just when she had been on the brink of despair, one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order.• Her lips parted - trembling - as she hovered on the brink of speech.• Their house was perched on the brink of a canyon.• Oxford began the night teetering on the brink of the relegation zone and pulse rates soared as early as the second minute.• The country was on the brink of war; uncertainty permeated every aspect of daily life.• Wells was on the brink of death by consumption when his early work appeared.• One was summoned to the brink of the black.

→ the brink of something at brink(3)

单词	the brink of sth
释义	the brink of sth the brink of sth 1 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) 2 literaryEDGE the edge of a very high place such as a cliff 某（高）处〔如悬崖〕的边缘 Examples from the Corpus the brink of something• Such vehicles appear to be at the brink of feasibility because of a rapidly maturing technology, the hydrogen-burning fuel cell.• Just when she had been on the brink of despair, one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order.• Her lips parted - trembling - as she hovered on the brink of speech.• Their house was perched on the brink of a canyon.• Oxford began the night teetering on the brink of the relegation zone and pulse rates soared as early as the second minute.• The country was on the brink of war; uncertainty permeated every aspect of daily life.• Wells was on the brink of death by consumption when his early work appeared.• One was summoned to the brink of the black. → the brink of something at brink(3)
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