brink 是什么意思
n. (峭壁的)边缘
brink 记忆方法
1. rim => brim => brink.
2. brim + bank => brink.
brink 中文词源
brink 边缘
可能同break, 分开,切开。
英语词源
brink (n.)early 13c., from Middle Low German brink "edge," or Danish brink "steepness, shore, bank, grassy edge," from Proto-Germanic *brenkon, probably from P
brink 权威例句
- 1. They sparred for a moment, on the brink of a full fight.
- 他们互相推搡了一会儿,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.
- 俱乐部即将晋级超级联赛。
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- 3. The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance.
- 俄罗斯农民濒临消亡。
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- 4. The Prime Minister's fragile government was on the brink of collapse.
- 首相领导的脆弱的政府处在瓦解边缘。
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- 5. The country was on the brink of an abyss.
- 国家岌岌可危。
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brink 造句
- 1. I on the brink of the grave!
- 我可正在坟墓边缘上!我的天!
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- 2. Because of this failure the village are at the brink of disappearance.
- 由于这种转变的失败,这些村庄正处于消失的边缘。
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- 3. It is not on the brink of another crisis.
- 现在的印度并没有处于另一场危机的边缘。
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- 4. It is clear we have stepped back from the brink.
- 很明显我们已经从危险的边缘退回来了。
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- 5. Here we have two forces that may influence, for the better, our ideas about our culture in a world that is in need of newparadigms, as it seems to be at the brink of collapse in every aspect.
- 我们有两种可能影响的力量,更好地说,我们关于世界上( “世界上”好像没必要翻? )自己文化的观念急需新的典范,因为这观念在各个方面看起来都在崩溃的边缘。
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- 6. 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.
- 这位年轻的大夫的确是个职业狂——对他来说,无论是什么人,无论是多么复杂的病例,都没有什么比拯救处于死亡边缘的人更有意义的事情了。
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- 7. There are still new species being discovered: plants, birds, chameleons, lemurs, tortoises that we might not yet know about, that could be on the brink of extinction.
- 这里还在不断发现新的物种:植物、鸟类、变色蜥蜴和乌龟,我们可能还不太了解这些物种,但它们可能将濒临灭绝。
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- 8. Without these more fundamental changes, these populations will teeter on the brink of disaster year after year.
- 没有这些更多的根本变革,这些人民将年复一年挣扎在灾害的边缘。
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- 9. The researchers say that one day these cells could be turned into sperm and egg cells to bring the species back from the brink.
- 研究人员认为,有一天这些细胞可以转变为精子和卵细胞,从而可以将这个物种从灭绝边缘解救出来。
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- 10. That’s why we chose to pull the auto industry back from the brink, saving hundreds of thousands of jobs in the process.
- 这也是为什么我们选择将汽车产业从崩溃边缘拉回来的原因,这一举措挽救了数十万工作岗位。
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- 11. These trends brought the dollar to the brink of some significant levels against the euro, yen and other currencies.
- 这些趋势令美元兑欧元、日圆和其他货币汇率到达具有重大意义的水平边缘。
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- 12. The world is on the brink of losing these miracle cures.
- 我们的世界,正处于失去这些奇迹般治疗的边缘。
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- 13. The root cause of all these trends is the same: a rapacious human economy bringing the world swiftly to the brink of chaos.
- 造成所有这些趋势的根源是同一个:贪婪的人类经济迅速地将世界带到混乱的边缘。
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- 14. WASHINGTON — It seems as if the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing.
- 一个国家制造任何东西,它同时也处在不制造任何东西的边缘,这看似很对。
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- 15. But thanks to the bold and decisive action we have taken since January, I can stand here with confidence and say that we have pulled this economy back from the brink.
- 但是由于我们自今年一月起采取了大胆果断的行动,使我能信心满怀地站在这里并告诉大家,我们已将美国经济从崩溃的边缘拉回来了。
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- 16. What will happen if sudden surges in the number of people requiring care for influenza push already fragile health services over the brink?
- 如果大量人群突然感染这种流感,需要治疗,将已在悬崖边缘的保健服务推入深渊,会出现什么情形?
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- 17. But at the center of them all is this question: Are we on the brink of another war?
- 但核心原因归结于一个问题:我们正处于另一场战争的边缘吗?
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- 18. So far, however, these efforts have been complicated by the current state of Yemen itself, which faces a multitude of internal problems that are pushing it to the brink of failure.
- 然而,美国的这些努力已经因为也门自身的现状变得扑朔迷离。这个国家自身存在着太多的问题,而这些问题正在把这个国家推向失败的边缘。
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- 19. The difference in Yemen is that civilians there already lived on the brink, owing to the corruption of Saleh’s regime.
- 与他们不同的是,在也门的平民已经生活在崩溃的边缘,这都得归罪于萨拉赫政体的腐败。
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- 20. After pushing the country to the brink of default before last month’s debt deal, the Republicans in Congress have seen their approval ratings plunge.
- 在上月达成债务协议之前,国会的共和党人将本国推到了违约的边缘,随后共和党人的支持率大幅下降。
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- 21. Or that a major financial institution could fail in the first decade of the 21st century, pushing the entire global financial system to the brink?
- 某个大型金融机构在21世纪第一个十年里破产,把全球的金融体系都推向崩溃的边缘,这又有多大的可能性?
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- 22. Or that a major financial institution could fail in the first decade of the 21st century, pushing the entire global financial system to the brink?
- 某个大型金融机构在21世纪第一个十年里破产,把全球的金融体系都推向崩溃的边缘,这又有多大的可能性?
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- 23. be [stand] on the edge [brink] of a precipice
- 濒临危机
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 24. Natalie is living on the brink of panic.
- 娜塔丽正生活在痛苦的边缘。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 25. come to the brink of ruin
- 走近毁灭的边缘
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 26. His incompetence has brought us to the brink of ruin.
- 他很无能已导致我们濒临绝境.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 27. Evidently he had brought himself to the brink of a general war.
- 显然他已经走到了全面战争的边缘。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 28. the brink of a cliff
- 悬崖边缘
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 29. He brought the country to the brink of war.
- 他把国家带到了战争边缘。
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- 30. She had never hung so near the dizzy brink of the unreal.
- 她从未接近过如此虚无飘渺的境界。
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- 31. The stock market was on the brink of collapse.
- 股市已到崩盘的边缘。
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- 32. We were on the brink of disaster when the rescue team arrived.
- 当救生队到达时,我们已经处于灾难的边缘。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句