ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRINK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤very最邊緣VERB + BRINK➤be (poised) on, hover on, stand on, teeter on在邊緣;在邊緣徘徊;站在邊緣;處於邊緣◇Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.科學家即將取得重大新發現。◇animals hovering on the very brink of extinction瀕臨滅絕的動物➤bring sb to帶某人到邊緣▸➤fight back from, pull back from從邊緣掙扎回來/拉回▸➤bring sb/sth back from, pull sb/sth back from使⋯免遭災害◇He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).他使公司起死回生。PREPOSITION➤brink of⋯的邊緣◇the brink of bankruptcy / death / war破產的/死亡的/戰爭的邊緣
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