单词
brink
读音
brɪŋk
美式 brɪŋk
英式 brɪŋk
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 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。
Some experts say that the rain forest is already at the brink of collapse
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。
Some experts say that the rain forest is already at the brink of collapse
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）。
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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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