n .
edge 가장자리, 테두리

• The mother became somewhat nervous when she saw her toddler dancing along the brink of the cliff.
• The sputtering engine sent the airliner on a steep downward course that brought it to the very brink of disaster ; then the pilot woke up, yawned, and pulled back on the throttle.
  엔진이 푸드득 소리를 내며 꺼지면서 여객기는 대형사고가 나기 바로 직전까지 하 강하기 시작했다. 그제서야 조종사가 깨어나 하품을 하고는 조절판을 뒤로 잡아당 겼다.
• Brinkmanship is a political term describing an effort by one country or official to gain an advantage over another by appearing willing to push a dangerous situation to the brink such as by resorting to nuclear weapons. To engage in brinkmanship is to appear willing to risk the destruction of the world rather than to lose a particular conflict.