brink
[briŋk]
n. 边缘, 边沿, 界限
例句与用法:
His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
他很无能,公司已因而濒于破产。
He dissipated most of his money and was on the brink of bankruptcy.
他挥霍掉了大部分钱财,濒于破产。
It was more merciful to launch the condemned man into twenty-four hours than to keep him shivering on the brink of that dread gulf for three week.
把死囚在宣判24小时之后处决,比使他在恐惧深渊的边缘颤抖将近3个星期要更为仁慈些。
There are many flowers on the brink of the pond.
池塘边有许多花。
n.
1. (悬崖、江河等的)边, 边缘[the S][(+of)]
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.
那棵树长在悬崖边上。
2. (死亡、危险、战争等的)边缘[the S][(+of)]
He brought the country to the brink of war.
他把国家带到了战争边缘。
brink
词义辨析:
同义:
n.边
brim
rim
lip
edge
margin
perimeter
apogee
extremity
borderline
limit
line
n.边缘
verge
point
moment
crisis
crossroads
juncture
turning point
threshold
同义参见:
brow1
corner
circuit
border
verge1
side
brink[briŋk]n.1.■边(尤指崖边),陡峭处顶端的边缘2.■(河流、池塘等的)边,边沿;(尤指)峭壁,陡岸3.■[比喻]边缘,极限,始发点;战争边缘;全面大战的边缘近义词borderon the brink of将要,濒于,将陷于(灾难,死亡或其他)shiver on the brink(面临险境)逡巡不前
brinkbrink[briŋk]n.1.■(河, 海, 峭壁等的)边, 界, 岸2.■[喻]濒临; (危险或刺激性事物的)边缘on the brink of the grave濒于死亡a brink-of-war policy战争边缘政策
继承用法brink(s)mann.1.■奉行战争边缘政策的人
noun
- the extreme edge of land before a steep or vertical slope
(陡坡,峭壁的)边缘
the brink of the cliffs.
悬崖的边缘。
■a margin or bank of a body of water
水边
at the brink of the pond I hesitated.
我踯躅在池塘边。
■the verge of a particular state, event, or action, typically one that is unwelcome or disastrous
(尤指不好的,灾难性的状态、事件或行为的)始发点,边缘
the country was on the brink of a constitutional crisis.
该国处于宪法危机的边缘。
- Middle English : of Scandinavian origin
brink
名词 brink:
a region marking a boundary
the edge of a steep place
the limit beyond which something happens or changes
同义词:verge
brink
■The German government was bankrupt by the end of 1923, and the Reich tottered on the brink of total economic ruin.
1923年底,德国政府破产,德意志帝国蹒跚于经济总崩溃的边缘。
■The comedy unfolds as Ge pretends to be an upbeat wealthy man instead of a man on the brink of collapse.
一个美国商人,在中国要卖掉他濒临破产的奶酪公司。他的目标买家是李强,由葛优扮演。而葛在
■Some tributaries are on the brink of extinction, even a snail, another imminent.
一些支流中连螺蛳都濒临绝迹了,治污迫在眉睫。
■By TCT Daily StaffSeveral novel devices and therapies designed to close a patent foramen ovale are on the brink of entering clinical trials.
一些新型的治疗卵圆孔未闭的器械目前正处于研发的最后节段,即将进入临床研究。
■The trade in Sumatran orangutans for pets shows little sign of decline and is taking the species to the brink of extinction, a report concludes.
一份报告称,苏门答腊猩猩的交易量不见下降,使这一物种处于消失的边缘。
■On Friday, administration officials defended the stimulus as necessary to pull the economy back from the brink.
上周五,政府官员辩解说,经济刺激开支是将经济从悬崖边缘拉回来所必须的。
■Not quite two years ago, oil was $10 a barrel and the cartel was on the brink of collapse.
不到两年前,石油价格为10美元一桶,敬佩克还面临崩溃的边缘。
■Either way the Moray was already on the brink.
不管怎样,“海鳗号”已处于生死关头。
■Note for Dutch readers: the track Kinematic was used as suspense music for the show "Wedden dat?" when hosted by Jos Brink.
专辑中所表现的浩瀚气魄与大自然景象可说是前无古人,录音水平也非一般,结象力与空气感都是电子乐中的极品。
■In nine years he has brought his party back from the dead almost to the brink of power.
九年来他使党起死回生几乎要执政了。
■Here they threw themselves down together by the brink; and putting their mouths to the level of a starry pool, they drank their fill.
于是他们一起扑倒在河岸上,把嘴凑到星光闪烁的水面,喝了个痛快。
■Their unpredictable natures have brought them to the brink of extinction.
人类不可预知的天性使得他们走向了毁灭的边缘。
■Humanity is in peril!The tides of darkness have come again, and the whole world is poised upon the brink of war!
人类正处于危险之中,黑暗势力再次来临,整个世界都已经处于战争的边缘状态。
■Today, the koala has climbed back from the brink of extinction and is thriving again.
今天,无尾熊从绝种边缘爬了回来并且再度繁衍。
■He kept asking himself, he was constantly in pain with, keep on the brink of choices.
他不停地追问自己,他时时刻刻在痛苦着,不断在取舍的边缘徘徊。
■He thought that he already distinctly perceived the brink of the bottomless abyss.
他仿佛已清清楚楚地望见那无底深渊边上的陡壁。
■He's pulled the company back from the brink (= he has saved it from disaster).
他使公司起死回生。
■Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
他对我说,人子阿,你看见了什么。他就带我回到河边。
■His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
他很无能,公司已因而濒于破产。
■His incompetence has broughtthe company to the brink of bankruptcy.
他很无能,公司已因而濒於破产。
■His incompetence has brought us to the brink of ruin.
他很无能已导致我们濒临绝境
■His incompetence have bring us to the brink of ruin.
他很无能已导致我们濒临绝境。
■He brought the country to the brink of war.
他把国家带到了战争边缘。
■He dissipated most of his money and was on the brink of bankruptcy.
他挥霍掉了大部分钱财,濒于破产。
■He was on the brink of bankrupcy.
他濒临破产。
■His failures brought him to the brink ruin.
他的失败使他濒临破产。
■His failure brought him to the brink of the ruin (of ruin).
他的失败使他走在了破产边缘。
■He stands at the brink of a cliff.
他站在悬崖边上。
■He stands shivering on the brink, wait to dive in.
他站在边上等待跳水时浑身发抖。
■His failures brought him to the brink of ruin.
他被带向毁灭的边缘地带。
■It seemed to him that heaven had at length taken pity on him, and had sent this noise to warn him on the very brink of the abyss.
他觉得,似乎上苍终于怜悯他的不幸了,所以派这个声音来警告他立刻悬崖勒马。
■He rode on horseback to the brink of the peak.
他骑马至山顶的边缘。
■To her disappointment, many rare species of mammals are on the brink of extinction.
令她失望的是,许多稀有的哺乳类动物正濒临绝种。
■Ethan, a moment earlier, had felt himself on the brink of eloquence; but the mention of Zeena had paralysed him.
伊坦早一刻儿觉得自己的话多得很;但是一提细娜的名字,就好像再也张不开嘴。
■The Games themselves were superbly run. The BBC was teetering on the brink of overblown nationali, however.
伦敦巴士的演出特别垃圾,音乐很糟糕,所有一切都带着流行文化时代的味道。
■But five years ago, the undead Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas and drove the elves to the brink of extinction.
但五年前,不死天灾入侵了奎尔萨拉斯,将精灵逼到了灭绝的边缘。
■But Mr Ackroyd is especially good at conveying Poe's precarious state, ever on the brink of self-destruction.
但埃克罗伊德特别善于表现坡漂泊不定、总是处在自我毁灭边缘的状况。
■But this time his brinksmanship pushes events over the brink.
但是这次他的边缘政策玩过火了。
■Newsweek's senior Washington correspondent and columnist , Howard Fineman, says Obama is on the brink of victory.
但这位46岁的有望成为总统的候选者希望得到更多资深党派和由选举产生的官员的支持,即所谓的“超级代表”。
■It is on the brink of surpassing Japan as a trading power and, within a decade, will match the US and the European Union.
作为一个贸易强国,中国即将超过日本,在十多年后,会与美国和欧盟并驾齐驱。
■Hello, my baby, hello, my baby, putting my life on the brink.
你好,我的宝贝,你好,我的宝贝,让我的生活处在边缘。
■Zhi Wei expresses his feelings for Jia Le once more when they are on the brink of death.
佳乐不小心掉进一块沼泽地里,在性命攸关的时刻,志伟再次向她表明心意。
■After 6 years, and at the brink of death, he found that the severe ascetic practices did not lead to greater understanding.
六年之后,在死亡的边缘上,他发现严厉的实践并不能引向更大的解脱。
■The Orcs are pushed back to the brink of the Dark Portal on the Black Morass.
兽人被击退到黑色沼泽的黑暗之门外围。
■With aides saying his private polls showed he may be on the brink of an electoral-vote landslide, the confident Bush did not let up on his rival.
助选人员说,根据他私人的民意测验,他可能在选举团投票时得到几乎压倒台性的胜利,充满信心的布什对他的敌对手仍不放松。
■The resources crisis mines are defined as those which be faced with producible reserves exhausted and on the brink of bankruptcy.
危机矿山是指在矿区范围内可供开采的保有储量濒临枯竭、后备资源严重不足、面临闭坑或破产的矿山。
■Even white writers - Andre Brink, for instance - who have dared to criticise, or appear to criticise, the apartheid society have suffered.
即使像安德烈?布林可这样的白人作家们,他们敢于批评或者似乎要去批评隔离社会也遭到了不幸。
■Even now, when he was on the brink of an adventure which should make or mar him, he was up an hour after midnight to squeeze poor neighbours.
即使在这成败未卜的当儿,他也要在深更半夜去勒索可怜的老百姓。
■BRINKMANN -On the brink of matrimo BRINKMANN On the BRINKMANN of matrimony, he fled to a desert island.
即将结婚前,逃跑了? 对,逃到了一个荒岛上。
■If you spirits that fact, a complete sham, making indiscreet comments, and then your career on the brink of collapse.
只要你叽叽喳喳、桑骂槐、奉阴违、三道四,那么你的事业就面临崩溃。