• n. （峭壁的）邊緣
• n. (Brink)人名；(德、英、荷、丹、瑞典)布林克

可能同break, 分開(kāi)，切開(kāi)。

brink (n.)

early 13c., from Middle Low German brink "edge," or Danish brink "steepness, shore, bank, grassy edge," from Proto-Germanic *brenkon, probably from PIE *bhreng-, variant of root *bhren- "project, edge" (cognates: Lithuanian brinkti "to swell").

1. They sparred for a moment, on the brink of a full fight.

他們互相推搡了一會(huì)兒，眼看就要大打出手了。

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2. The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.

俱樂(lè)部即將晉級(jí)超級(jí)聯(lián)賽。

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3. The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance.

俄羅斯農(nóng)民瀕臨消亡。

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4. The Prime Minister's fragile government was on the brink of collapse.

首相領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的脆弱的政府處在瓦解邊緣。

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5. The country was on the brink of an abyss.

國(guó)家岌岌可危。

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