The church seems to be on the brink of schism.(该教会看来处于分裂的边缘。)
The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.(这个国家正处在内战的边缘。)
Britain is also on the brink of deflation.(英国也处在通缩边缘。)
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.(文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。)
Other parapsychologists believe the field is on the brink of collapse, having tried to produce definitive scientific proof and failed.(其他前卫的心理学家则认为，该学科曾试图提出明确的科学论证，但却失败了，因此该学科正处于瓦解的边缘。)
Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.(科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。)
Could we be on the brink of beating flu?(我们是否即将战胜流感？)
Insurance firms teeter on the brink.(保险公司正处于危险的边缘。)
It is clear we have stepped back from the brink.(很明显我们已经从危险的边缘退回来了。)
Sensors and circuits were on the brink of failing and NASA experts realised that they had to do something or lose contact with their probe forever.(传感器和电路濒临故障，NASA的专家们意识到他们必须做点什么，否则将永远与探测器失去联系。)
