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to the brink of something collocation If you go to the brink of something, you become very close to doing or having it: Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.极大的压力使他处于精神崩溃的边缘。 They have gone from complete obscurity to the brink of becoming a global brand. See
brink Her son's actions had brought her to the brink of bankruptcy. The incident has pushed the countries to the brink of war. Years of overwork has ruined his health and driven him to the brink of insanity. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Almost a hop, skip, and a jumpidiom about almost as good asidiom as much asidiom be on the way to somethingidiom going on intent more more or lessidiom much scant strike sub that was close!idiom to/for all intents and purposesidiom up to (doing) somethingidiom verge virtual way |