| 单词 | brink |
| 释义 | brink (brɪŋk ) singular noun If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it. Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. [+ of] Failure to communicate had brought the two nations to the brink of war. [+ of] Synonyms: edge, point, limit, border Collocations: brink of catastrophe Indeed, despite being totally unqualified, this stooge was handed control of one of our biggest banks and rode it to the brink of catastrophe. The Sun They both love to push themselves to the brink of catastrophe and then accomplish the last-minute, nail-biting self-rescue. Times, Sunday Times Any such upheavals would dash hopes of global recovery from the 2008 crisis and would cause irreparable damage to public finances already on the brink of catastrophe. Times, Sunday Times A general ceasefire agreed by world leaders in Munich last week is on the brink of collapse. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The case against her alleged attacker appeared on the brink of collapse. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Hundreds of companies have already gone bankrupt and countries pushed to the brink of collapse. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In parts of the country, the ecosystem is on the brink of collapse. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The economy was on the brink of collapse. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Long-throw experts devalue the currency of the corner and bring the entire economics of the game to the brink of crisis. Times, Sunday Times The two had been behind his dark inaugural address, where he spoke of a nation on the brink of crisis. Times, Sunday Times He oversaw the cuts in prison officer numbers that pushed jails to the brink of crisis and are now being partially reversed. Times, Sunday Times The market response to the controversy left the province's finances teetering on the brink of crisis. Globe and Mail For three days and nights she remained in a coma, on the brink of death, her family visiting her daily as she battled her reaction. The Sun A cat that disappeared for almost a year has been reunited with his family after being found on the brink of death by two strangers. Times, Sunday Times When she was four years old, she had her first mystical experience during an attack of smallpox that brought her to the brink of death. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For years residential conveyancing has been beset by an arcane and muddy bureaucracy that drives purchasers and their lawyers to the brink of despair. Times, Sunday Times Can the paramedic climb back from the brink of despair? The Sun He warned that 'we risk leaving a generation on the brink of despair'. Times, Sunday Times It ended months of indecision that had driven even his most fervent supporters to the brink of despair. Times, Sunday Times Includes a look at how a rock ' n' roll lifestyle has sent many stars to the brink of despair. The Sun We hold this world in our cupped hands: incomprehensibly fragile and on the very brink of destruction. Times, Sunday Times Because he fears we're on the brink of destruction, citing global war, a technology collapse and climate change as existential threats. Times, Sunday Times She felt that a tradition and culture was on the brink of destruction and what could she, a convert who had been received into that tradition, do about it? Times, Sunday Times The experience pulled him back from the brink of destruction, renewed his hope, and set him on a religious search. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the humans who are still free discover the invasion and fight back, they are pushed to the brink of destruction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The alternative is acute embarrassment and a sport on the brink of disaster. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It rescued the club from the brink of disaster. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It's experimental, original and always tottering on the brink of disaster. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Is it possible to bring a marriage back from the brink of divorce? Times, Sunday Times I recently renewed the vows of a couple who had been on the brink of divorce. Christianity Today They describe how they returned from the brink of divorce. Christianity Today Everyone thought they were on the brink of divorce, not on a honeymoon. The Sun They also hired a neurological expert to help control stress levels and fatigue amid the allegations they could be on the brink of divorce. The Sun Its population is so small that forecasts put it on the brink of extinction. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Now they are on the brink of extinction. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Road accidents and loss of habitat have pushed the wildcat to the brink of extinction. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Species on the brink of extinction rarely make rapid recoveries. Smithsonian (2011) And there are still some big names on the brink of failure. The Sun The two great iconic integrationist projects are teetering on the brink of failure. Times, Sunday Times Aspirations, however, have taken a back seat to self-interest as domestic political considerations have brought negotiations to the brink of failure. Times, Sunday Times Cross-border hunters keep a small motel and restaurant from tipping over the brink of failure. Globe and Mail Most likely, we are now on the brink of recession. Times, Sunday Times And it was significant that these stories played out against money markets teetering on the brink of recession. Times, Sunday Times But they also gave the world the euro, whose unravelling has taken the continent to the brink of recession. Times, Sunday Times The entire developed world was shown to be teetering on the brink of recession. Times, Sunday Times As the world teeters on the brink of recession, the stakes could not be higher. Globe and Mail This she spends on a tobacco shop, only to be brought to the brink of ruin by the freeloaders she's too kind to reject. Times, Sunday Times The military background was invented to impress his friends and his pensions business was on the brink of ruin. Times, Sunday Times It places the financial burden more squarely with employers, even though many are already on the brink of ruin. The Sun However, in the end, bringing yourselves to the brink of ruin won't help him. The Sun Yet the cast performs it with such a steady rhythmicality that it emits an even more vivid sense of a society on the brink of ruin. Times, Sunday Times I won his jacket from him, below, but handed it back because he was on the brink of tears. The Sun I was always on the brink of tears, frightened that something would be wrong. The Sun My wife was on the brink of tears and the blokes ran off laughing. Times, Sunday Times At the end, hundreds of them danced in school uniforms and the camera picked up the happy faces that we had got used to seeing on the brink of tears. Times, Sunday Times On the brink of tears, he said that he did not want to hold a press conference but was told that he should. Times, Sunday Times The country also stands on the brink of war. The Sun They came to the brink of war in 1996 over conflicting claims to a cluster of islands. Times, Sunday Times The two states came to the brink of war over a similar dispute in 1996. Times, Sunday Times Now we are on the brink of war. Globe and Mail Members of different groups may find their group on the brink of war with another virtual military over conflicts of interest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We've got to do something about these politicians who have taken us to the very brink, think some people. Times, Sunday Times But, with the company on the very brink, that would merely play into the hands of its rivals. Times, Sunday Times Yet at the very brink of seizing power the chancellor can hardly be rejoicing. Times, Sunday Times We hold this world in our cupped hands: incomprehensibly fragile and on the very brink of destruction. Times, Sunday Times The woodhen was at the very brink of extinction in 1980, with just 15 individuals found. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 边缘 Japanese: 寸前 |
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