on the brink of

基本解釋

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)於尖銳，那是因爲(wèi)我相信尼日利亞有一次瀕臨崩潰的邊緣。
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)論是什麼人，無(wú)論是多麼複襍的病例，都沒(méi)有什麼比拯救処於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，這些人民將年複一年掙紥在災(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.
特別是因爲(wèi)我認(rèn)爲(wèi)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.
ECONOMIST: The Balkan jigsaw