单词
brink
读音
brɪŋk
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英式
词根
"Brink" 这个词的词根源于古英语的 "brinc"，意为 "边缘" 或 "山坡"。
释义
n. （峭壁的）边缘 n. (Brink)人名；(德、英、荷、丹、瑞典)布林克
例句
He was driven to the brink of madness.
他被逼到了疯狂的边缘。
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
The church seems to be on the brink of schism.
该教会看来处于分裂的边缘。
He was driven to the brink of madness.
他被逼到了疯狂的边缘。
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
The church seems to be on the brink of schism.
该教会看来处于分裂的边缘。
强化记忆
你可以联想到 "drink" 这个词来帮助你记住 "brink"，"drink"（喝）到最后快喝完时，就到了 "brink"（边缘）。"Brink" 的词源可以追溯到古英语 "brinc"，最初可能被用来指描述地形的边缘，如山坡或者河边。在现代英语中，"brink" 依然被用来形容物理的边缘，如 "the brink of a cliff" （悬崖边）。然而，它最常用于形容事物发展到某一极致或者临界点的状况，如在 "on the brink of disaster/war/success"（在灾难/战争/成功的边缘）中的应用。
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But some researchers worry that for endangered speciesalready on the brink,noise may be enough to push them over the edge.
Altogether, Fahrenheit 451 is a portrait of independent thoughton the brink of extinction -and a parable about a society which is complicit
in a situation ofbeing on the brink, literally,of an apocalyptic, planetary calamity.
The economy is now flat --teetering on the brink of failure.Martin Zweig: You were recently quoted in an article.
Drought drives the small village into povertyand to the brink of starvation.With nothing left for him there,
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