brink
n. 边缘
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...
他们的经济徘徊在崩溃的边缘。
Failure to communicate had brought the two nations to the brink of war.
沟通不畅使这两个国家濒于战争的边缘。
1. a region marking a boundary
2. the edge of a steep place
3. the limit beyond which something happens or changes;
Annah is a tiefling, a brash girl on the brink of womanhood.
阿娜是一名提夫林, 是个即将成为女人的粗率女孩.
The company is on the brink of bankruptcy.
该公司已濒临于破产的边缘.
The victim of this accident is near the brink of death.
这场意外的受害人正接近死亡的边缘.
But this time his brinksmanship pushes events over the brink.
但是这次他的边缘政策玩过火了.
His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
他很无能,公司已因而濒于破产.