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brink noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRINK | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEvery 最边缘VERB + BRINKbe (poised) on, hover on, stand on, teeter on 在边缘；在边缘徘徊；站在边缘；处于边缘◆Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.科学家即将取得重大新发现。◆animals hovering on the very brink of extinction濒临灭绝的动物bring sb to 带某人到边缘fight back from, pull back from 从边缘挣扎回来／拉回bring sb/sth back from, pull sb/sth back from 使⋯免遭灾害◆He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).他使公司起死回生。PREPOSITIONbrink of ⋯的边缘◆the brink of bankruptcy / death / war破产的／死亡的／战争的边缘 |