- the brink (of something)
if you are on the brink of something, you are almost in a very new, dangerous or exciting situation （新的、危险的，或令人兴奋的处境的）边缘，初始状态 on the brink of collapse/war/death/disaster 濒于崩溃／战争／死亡／灾难 Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery. 科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。 He's pulled the company back from the brink (= he has saved it from disaster). 他使公司起死回生。 teetering/poised/hovering on the brink 徘徊在边缘 animals hovering on the very brink of extinction 濒临灭绝的动物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- very
- be (poised) on
- hover on
- stand on
- …
- brink of
- (literary)
the extreme edge of land, for example at the top of a cliff or by a river （峭壁、河岸等的）边沿，边缘 the brink of the precipice 悬崖边缘
Word OriginMiddle English: of Scandinavian origin.