3.to bring sth/sb back from the brink or to pull sth/sb back from the brink将某物/某人从灾难的边缘拉回；将某物/某人从危难中救出
She is credited with bringing several species back from the brink of extinction.人们认为是她拯救了几个濒临灭绝的物种。
The UN worked to pull both countries back from the brink of war.联合国努力使两个国家止于交战的边缘。