be on the brink of

He and Cohen appeared headed for a major blowup.

他和科恩像是要大吵一架。

your love life could be on the brink of renewal.

你的感情生活将会复活。

Skyrocketing sectarian violence and escalating political conflict in Iraq have some Middle East analysts concerned that Iraq may be on the brink of civil war.

伊拉克教派暴力激增，政治冲突加剧。这一局势引起一些中东分析人士担心，伊拉克的内战也许会一触即发。

But having taken the plunge, he is now on the brink of adventure; he is about to be launched into his own inner space to the astronaut GetWord(" astronaut");.

但是有了这次偿试，他便要开始探险了，即将发射到自已内心的宇宙之中。

The church seems to be on the brink of schism.

教会似乎处于分裂的边缘。

Instead of entering middle age and letting himself be chained to earth, he has floated away like a wisp, annihilated on the brink of a50-date concert tour that I for one was dreading.

没有让自己步入中年，让使自己现实起来，他反而是像一缕发丝般地飘走，在我一直担忧的50场音乐会即将来临之际，他被彻底地击溃了。