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As a result, the island's endemic wildlife is under threat, and its only songbird, the South Georgia pipit, is on the brink of extinction.

因此，该岛特有的野生生物正遭受威胁，岛上唯一的鸣禽，南乔治亚云雀，已经到了灭绝的边缘。

The two countries were poised on the brink of war.

这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

When war broke out in 1 8 6 1 , many monarchs in Europe had believed smugly that the United States was on the brink of collapse.

当战争爆发后， 8月1日6月1日，在欧洲许多君主曾认为自命不凡，美国正在崩溃的边缘。

He company said the economic crisis and tenon was convinced to business card printing and membership card making caused serious enterprise, in the past year, there were a record registration in home business card printing and membership card-making enterprises on the brink of closure — an average of 24 hours, there's one more business card printing and membership card making enterprise to close down.

enon公司表示经济危机给制卡和会员卡制作企业造成了严重影响，在过去一年中，共有创纪录的419家制卡和会员卡制作企业濒临倒闭——平均每24小时就有一家以上的制卡和会员卡制作企业关门大吉。

We ' re often told that the world is tether ing on the brink of destruction .

我们经常被告知世界处于毁灭的边缘。

This was the week in which France was tottering on the brink of ruin.

这个星期，法国踉跄于毁灭的边缘。

In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation.

大体上说，发动战争的目的就是保证社会处于饥荒边缘。

Mila and Oa have witnessed milk cows going from looking like they were on the brink of death to recovering their health due in the act of blessing them and calling upon Buffalo to ensoul them.

Mila 和 Oa 已目击了由于对它们的祝福和呼唤水牛来给它们赋灵，奶牛正离开死亡边缘，恢复自己的健康。

Between 1936 and 1975, GEICO grew from a standing start to a 4% market share, becoming the country's fourth largest auto insurer. During most of this period, the company was superbly managed, achieving both excellent volume gains and high profits. It looked unstoppable. But after my friend and hero Lorimer Davidson retired as CEO in 1970, his successors soon made a huge mistake by underreserving for losses. This produced faulty cost information, which in turn produced inadequate pricing. By 1976, GEICO was on the brink of failure.

从1936到1975这40年间，GEICO从无到4%的市场占有率，成为全美第四大的汽车保险公司，大部份的时候，公司的经营相当上轨道，营收与获利同步成长，看起来势不可挡，但直到该公司总裁，同时也是我的好朋友Davidson在1970年宣布退休，情势随即起了变化，他的继任者犯下损失准备提拨不足的大错，此举大大扭曲了成本结构，进而导致不当的订价，1976年，GEICO已濒临倒闭。

The somewhat flaky OECD report was sexed up in the retelling; and, while Britain is teetering on the brink of recession, the euro zone is already shrinking.

经济合作与发展组织的报告在不停的转述时越来越邪乎；并且在英国蹒跚于衰退边缘的时候，欧元区也已经开始缩水。

They weren't aggressive, but I yelled and threw a rock in their direction to get them off the trail and away from me, just in case.

他们没有侵略性，但我大喊，并在他们的方向扔石头让他们过的线索，远离我，以防万一。

In slot 2 in your bag put wrapping paper, quantity does not matter in this case.

在你的书包里槽2把包装纸、数量无关紧要。