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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9615 COCA: 7663
brink
noun [singular] /brɪŋk/
  1. 1

    the brink

    the point in time when something very bad or very good is about to happen 始发点;边缘
    on the brink of (doing) something :

    She believed she was on the brink of discovering a cure for cancer. 她相信她快要发现一种治疗癌症的方法了。

    bring someone to the brink of something :

    The crisis brought the two nations to the brink of war. war.这场危机将两国拉到了战争的边缘。

    back from the brink of something :

    A late goal pulled the team back from the brink of defeat. 临近终场的一粒进球把球队从失败的边缘拉了回来。

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    literary the top of a very steep cliff 峭壁的顶端
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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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