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As you know, we are on the brink of eradicating guinea-worm disease, and funds are being secured to ensure this happens.

大家知道，我们正接近根除麦地那龙虫线病，确保实现这一目标的资金已经有保证。

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.

但是陷入思考，他现在是濒于冒险，他是想进入自己的内心世界。

As he came into office, the country stood on the brink of a new Great Depression.

当奥巴马上任时，这个国家正处于一轮新大萧条（GreatDepression）的边缘。

There are hundreds such reasons why the relationship of a husband and wife is often on the brink of either breaking or splitting.

昨天她竟然没有留意到我的头痛！这是夫妻关系出现裂痕或分崩离析的种种因素。

With the euro in peril and the US on the brink of bankruptcy, the west seems to have enough to worry about without fretting about cricket.

欧元岌岌可危，美国濒临破产，即便不算上板球，这些也够西方国家们担心的了。

They told me that Turkey and Greece were on the brink of military confrontation and implored me to intervene to stop it.

他们告诉我，土耳其和希腊正处于军事对峙的边缘，恳求我进行干涉以阻止冲突。

Miss Bulstrode did not answer . She was hovering on the brink of irrevocable words.

布尔斯特罗德小姐没有回答。她正处于话一出口便不可挽回的关头。

"We're on the brink of a massive power shift, a grinding of the gears of history into a new human condition, " she writes.

“我们在一个巨大的权力转移的边缘，是历史的齿轮研磨成一个新的人类生存条件，”她写道。

"Now that the world doesn't seem to be on the brink of collapse, the market is looking for higher yields elsewhere, " McCarthy said.

“既然全球似乎已脱离了崩溃的边缘，市场正寻求美元资产以外的风险较高的资产，”McCarthy表示。

Thomas believes that we may be sitting on the brink of a phonon-driven technological revolution as well.

托马斯认为，我们也有可能正处在由声子推动的技术革命的边缘。

It's taken three years of hard work, but I'm delighted that we're on the brink of real protections for consumers.

为此已历经了三年的艰难工作，但让我感到欣慰的是，我们即将能够提供消费者真正的保护。

Over time, jobs come and go; but one profession that seemed to be on the brink of extinction is now making a comeback.

随着时间的推移，新职业不断涌现也不断消失，但有一种职业似乎已在消失边缘如今重新归来。

Just over a week ago, News Corp. was on the brink of gaining government approval to acquire the 60. 9% of BSkyB that it doesn't already own.

仅一周多前，新闻集团即将获得政府的批准，有望收购尚未持有的英国天空广播60.9%的股权。

So, far from being on the brink of another quagmire, Libya is in fact in pole position compared with other countries in the region.

所以，利比亚非但不会陷入困境，实际上还在该地区的几个国家中占有优势。

At that point the Greek state could well be unable to pay salaries and pensions and Greece would be on the brink of a disorderly default.

届时，希腊政府很可能无力支付薪资和养老金，该国将滑向无序违约的悬崖边缘。

Japanese media said the Japanese IT parts, materials and finished goods sectors are teetering on the brink of collapse.

日本媒体说，日本的IT业的零件、材料和成品领域都已经游走在崩溃的边缘。

Some government and Communist Party officials, he said, are "now on the brink of unreasonable greediness. "

他说，有些党和政府的官员“现在已经贪婪到几近毫无道理的地步”。

And why are they obsessing about something that happened a decade ago in London, when America is teetering on the brink of default?

美国还在债务违约的边缘挣扎，为什么对伦敦十年前发生的事情有独钟？

But now that the principle is proven, in the next years real patients could be on the brink of a blink.

但是现在原则被证明，在今后的几年中，真正的患者会闪闪眨眼。

All right, then. You know. . . you know we are on the brink of another cataclysm, probably nuclear, on our own soil.

好吧，那么，你知道……你知道我们正处在又一场灾难的边缘，也许是核战争，就在我们本土。