brink
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipiceThe edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
» The world is on the brink of destruction.
Мир находится на грани уничтожения.
Значение
значений: 2The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
the brink of a river
Rand
крайkraj, граньgranʹ
the edge of a steep place
(переносно)The edge or border.
the brink of success
Примеры
предложений: 55The world is on the brink of destruction.
Мир находится на грани уничтожения.
When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.
Когда мы были на краю гибели от голода, они спасли наши жизни.
We're on the brink of war.
Мы на грани войны.
deDer Krieg kommt näher.
We are on the brink of war.
Мы на грани войны.
The man was on the brink of death.
Мужчина находился на грани смерти.
deDer Mann war kurz davor zu sterben.
Переводы
языков: 6По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *bFrom Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).
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