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单词 brink
释义
brink
noun[S]
uk
/brɪŋk/us
/brɪŋk/
C2
thepointwhere a new or differentsituationis about tobegin:
（事情发生的）边缘；始发点
Extremestresshaddrivenhim tothebrinkofanervousbreakdown.极大的压力使他处于精神崩溃的边缘。
Scientists areon thebrinkof(=extremelycloseto)amajornewdiscovery.科学家们就快有新的重大发现了。
literary
theedgeof acliffor other higharea:
（峭壁、崖的）边缘
She wasstandingrighton thebrinkofthegorge.她就站在峡谷的边缘。
More examples
  • Thesecountriesare on the brink of adisastrousfamine.
  • Manycompaniesare on the brink ofruin.
  • Negotiations between the twocountriesare on the brink ofcollapse.
  • What we areseeingnow is acountryteeteringon the brink ofcivilwar.
  • Notlongago theriverotterwas on the brink ofextinction.
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Edges & extremities of objects
(Definition ofbrinkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

brink| American Dictionary

brink
noun[U]
us
/brɪŋk/
theedgeof acliffor other higharea, or thepointat which something good orbadwillhappen:
Thecompanywas on the brink ofcollapse.
(Definition ofbrinkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

brink| Business English

brink
noun[S]
uk
/brɪŋk/us
thepointwhere a new, different, ordangeroussituationis about tobegin:
the brink of collapse/bankruptcy/disasterDebtcrisisledmanycompaniesto the brink ofbankruptcy.
Theyseemto beteeteringon the brinkof amajorcrisis.
Right now thecompanyispoisedon the brinkofsuccess.
(Definition ofbrinkfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrink

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I wish well to any scheme that the board brinks out.
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Brinks is a provider of security services to banks, retailers, governments, mints and jewelers.
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His great speculation, so close to resulting in a spectacular financial as well as scientific success, was on thebrinkof failure.
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Brink's repertoire of work includes epic narrative, re-imagined classics, music theatre and children's theatre.
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Brink's winning time was 4 hours, 2 minutes and 59 seconds.
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Playing hawk too often brings forests on thebrinkof disaster.
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Burdened with high overheads and millions of dollars tied up in inventory, a number of these companies have been brought to thebrinkof ruin.
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Perhaps there is an angler standing besides the great boulder on thebrink.
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The lake brinks is occupied by privately owned pastures, almost all the way around the lake and is not publicly accessible.
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Brinks spun off its home security division setting the focus as well on cash handling.
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Brink's, a company that prides itself in the safekeeping of money, is nationally embarrassed by what the press is calling the crime of the century.
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At a pessimistic extreme, the city, and not just the urban poor, was claimed to be teetering at the verybrink.
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On thebrinkof a new digital era?
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Brinks piece is an exception.
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Bioethics on thebrinkof the new millennium.
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Collocationswithbrink

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brink of collapse
The poor countries have become poorer, in many areas the environment is on thebrinkofcollapse, advances in workers' rights are being dismantled.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
brink of death
People are pulled back from thebrinkofdeath, but they have no long-term prospects.
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brink of destruction
The cold war led to a nuclear arms race that brought the world to the brink of destruction.
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