on the brink of

常見(jiàn)例句

If there is a stridency in what I say it is because I believe Nigeria is once again on the brink of a precipice.
如果我的談話過(guò)于尖銳，那是因?yàn)槲蚁嘈拍崛绽麃営幸淮螢l臨崩潰的邊緣。
In truth, this young doctor was a fanatic of his profession—there was nothing more important to him than a challenging case, than a person, no matter who it was, on the brink of death.
這位年輕的大夫的確是個(gè)職業(yè)狂——對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)，無(wú)論是什么人，無(wú)論是多么復(fù)雜的病例，都沒(méi)有什么比拯救處于死亡邊緣的人更有意義的事情了。
Without these more fundamental changes, these populations will teeter on the brink of disaster year after year.
沒(méi)有這些更多的根本變革，這些人民將年復(fù)一年掙扎在災(zāi)害的邊緣。

In a statement to the media, he said Israel and Hamas are "not on the brink of a deal" and that he fears negotiations on a prisoner swap could take years.
especially because it's on the brink of, I think, becoming something.
特別是因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為我的小說(shuō)就快成型了。
肉品市場(chǎng)區(qū)的作家 - SpeakingMax英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)達(dá)人
"There is a recognition on the part of the international community that the agreement that was reached in Tehran a week ago between Iran and Brazil and Turkey only occurred because the Security Council was on the brink of publicly releasing the text of the resolution that we have been negotiating for many weeks.

NATO-friendly, multi-ethnic Macedonia, which teetered on the brink of civil war for much of last month.
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On the brink of losing his family's Manhattan apartment, he finally took to the streets.
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The United States is not on the brink of turning into Oceania, or even Singapore.
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