单词 | brink |
释义 | brinkbrink /brɪŋk/ ●○○ noun 1the brink (of something) a time or situation just before something happens, especially something bad SYN edge, verge: on the brink (of something) Hannah was on the brink of tears. The company was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. a child poised on the brink of adulthoodto the brink (of something) A series of bad decisions pushed the company to the brink of collapse.back from the brink (of something) They hope to bring the birds back from the brink of extinction.2push/drive/shove etc. somebody over the brink to make someone start doing crazy or extreme things3the brink of something literary the edge of a very high place such as a cliff SYN edge [Origin: 1200–1300 Old Norse brekka slope] |
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