brink

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

brink BrE [brɪŋk] NAmE [brɪŋk] noun singular
1. the ~ (of sth) if you are on the brink of sth, you are almost in a very new, dangerous or exciting situation
•on the brink of collapse/war/death/disaster
•Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.
•He's pulled the company back from the brink (= he has saved it from disaster).
•teetering/poised/hovering on the brink
2. (literary)the extreme edge of land, for example at the top of a ↑cliff or by a river
•the brink of the precipice
see teeter on the brink/edge of sth at ↑teeter

Word Origin:
[brink] Middle English: of Scandinavian origin.

Example Bank:
•animals hovering on the very brink of extinction
•the brink of bankruptcy/death/war

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  verge, threshold