Brink

Definition

brink /brÇŋk/ n [sing] ၁။ ေခ်ာက္ႏႈတ္ခမ္း။ ေခ်ာက္ကမ္းပါးစြန္း။ the brink of a precipice ❍ He stood shivering on the brink, waiting to dive in. ၂။ [sing] the ~ of (doing) sth ( fig ) …ေတာ့မည့္ဆဲဆဲ ။ …တဲတဲကေလး။ တဲတဲကေလးသာ လိုေတာ့သည့္ (အေျခ)။ on the brink of collapse/war/disaster/success ❍ Scientists are on the brink of (making) a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. ❍ His incompetence has brought us to the brink of ruin.

Examples

1. [on the brink of (doing) something] : She believed she was on the brink of discovering a cure for cancer.
2. [bring someone to the brink of something] : The crisis brought the two nations to the brink of war.
3. [back from the brink of something] : A late goal pulled the team back from the brink of defeat.