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词汇 example_english_brink-of-destruction
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brink of destruction

collocation in English

meanings of brinkand destruction


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brink
noun[S]
uk /brɪŋk/ us /brɪŋk/
the point where a new or different situation is about ...
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destruction
noun[U]
uk /dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/ us /dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the act of destroying something, or the fact of ...
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Examples of brink of destruction


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The cold war led to a nuclear arms race that brought the world to the brinkofdestruction.
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During the intervening two years the industry has slithered closer and closer to the brinkofdestruction.
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I saw that industry gradually dwindling away until it was on the brinkofdestruction.
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It is the year 2099 and the world is at the brinkofdestruction as dark forces spread throughout the planet.
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The experience pulled him back from the brinkofdestruction, renewed his hope, and set him on a religious search.
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When the humans who are still free discover the invasion and fight back, they are pushed to the brinkofdestruction.
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Other countries suffer similarly disastrous defeats, and human civilization teeters on the brinkofdestruction.
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Mankind is on the brinkofdestruction, having suffered major natural disasters and an invasion of demons.
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After the human ship fights the alien mothership to the brinkofdestruction, the aliens finally attempt to negotiate a surrender.
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Beside the inner themes, it tells of a boy and his family brought to the brinkofdestruction by sinister external forces and it may be called a ghost story.
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