on the brink of

基本解释

If there is a stridency in what I say it is because I believe Nigeria is once again on the brink of a precipice.
如果我的谈话过于尖锐，那是因为我相信尼日利亚有一次濒临崩溃的边缘。
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。
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。

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.
特别是因为我认为我的小说就快成型了。
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"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