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brink

[briŋk]

n. 邊緣, 邊沿, 界限

例句與用法：

His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.

他很無能,公司已因而瀕於破產。

He dissipated most of his money and was on the brink of bankruptcy.

他揮霍掉了大部分錢財，瀕於破產。

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小時之後處決，比使他在恐懼深淵的邊緣顫抖將近3個星期要更為仁慈些。

There are many flowers on the brink of the pond.

池塘邊有許多花。

英文解釋:

名詞 brink:

a region marking a boundary

同義詞：threshold, verge

the edge of a steep place

the limit beyond which something happens or changes

同義詞：verge

以上來源於大辭典