on the brink of war

The country was on the Brink of war.

国家濒临战争的危机。

The country is teetering on the brink of war.

该国正面临一场战争。

Any such test would further inflame regional tensions and follows Pyongyang's warnings in recent weeks that it stands on the brink of open war with Seoul.

此类试射将进一步加剧地区紧张局势，最近几周，朝鲜政府曾警告称，其与韩国正处在战争的边缘。

While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down.

当时，世界进入到了核战争的边远，俄罗斯做出了让步。

What Sherlock needed was the film-star treatment and, in 1939, with Europe on the brink of war and cinema audiences eager for escapist adventure, he would get just that.

福尔摩斯需要真正的巨星待遇，到了1939年，欧洲战争一触即发，观众渴望看到逃避现实的冒险题材，他终将得偿所愿。

On the brink of death, war, disaster, success

在死亡、战争、灾难、成功的边缘

The Korean peninsula has turned sharply unstable on the brink of war due to scheming by the US to militarily stifle the North, the commentary said.

评论称：由于美国图谋对朝鲜进行军事压制，朝鲜半岛突然陷入濒临战争的不稳定状态。

One minute, it seems as if the two countries are on the brink of war.

这一分钟，两国似乎还处在战争边缘。

The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.

这个国家正处在内战的边缘。

The country is now on the brink of all-out war.

这个国家正站在全面爆发战争的边缘。

The two countries were poised on the brink of war.

这两个国家处于交战的边缘.

Across the North, images of a nation on the desperate brink of war,

在北方，一个国家正处于绝望战争的边缘，

North Korea cut off dialogue with South Korea on Thursday, claiming the peninsula was on the brink of another war, The plan was based on sound commercial logic.

朝鲜星期四中断了跟韩国的对话，朝鲜声称，朝鲜半岛正在走向一场新的战争。此计划基于合理的商业逻辑。

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。

The country was on the brink of civil war.

当时该国正处于内战边缘。

Our countries are on the brink of war.

我们两国处在战争爆发边缘

A week later the country was teetering on the brink of civil war.

而一周之后,肯尼亚却偷天换日地走到了内战的边缘地带.

If the world is on the brink of an out-and-out currency war, a variety of battalions has been out on manoeuvres in the past few weeks.

如果世界正濒临一场不折不扣的汇率战争，那么可以说，各个阵营过去几周已纷纷出动，调兵遣将。