| 词汇 | collocation_english_brink |
| 释义 | Collocations with brinkThese are words often used in combination with brink. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. brink of collapse The poor countries have become poorer, in many areas the environment is on the brink of collapse, advances in workers' rights are being dismantled. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English brink of death People are pulled back from the brink of death, but they have no long-term prospects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 brink of destruction The cold war led to a nuclear arms race that brought the world to the brink of destruction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 brink of disaster As a woman of questionable morals, she seemed to stand by as her family teetered on the brink of disaster. brink of extinction It is a pity that fishing has had to come almost to the brink of extinction to give us that opportunity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 brink of ruin Burdened with high overheads and millions of dollars tied up in inventory, a number of these companies have been brought to the brink of ruin. brink of war It has moved on dramatically, and we are now on the brink of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 on the brink of recession All reports currently point towards a world on the brink of recession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 on the brink of starvation One can imagine how many more people will be on the brink of starvation when there are another 3,000 to 4,000 million mouths to feed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 very brink At a pessimistic extreme, the city, and not just the urban poor, was claimed to be teetering at the very brink. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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