brink, verge, steep, Over the brink. be steeped in, secrecy-steeped, precipitous, groat, occupy, preoccupy, on the brink,

  Detroit on the Brink

A day after the city filed for bankruptcy, reminders of its uncertain circumstances were all around.

The trees are all twisted by the wind; the bracken and the heather on the moors have this amazing hue. And the weather is so extreme and it changes all the time. The house even, Haddon Hall, is just so steeped in history, the spaces, the galleries, they sort of just breathe and you feel the presence of the history."



 One Man's Currency Is Another Man's Bet

By FLOYD NORRIS

To the faithful, gold is different from any other commodity. But its precipitous rise since the financial crisis, and its recent sharp fall, sure make it look like one.

Banks Unite to Battle Online Theft

Rising cybersecurity threats are pushing big banks to do something that doesn't come naturally for these secrecy-steeped institutions: share information with one another.

An impatient White House prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding billions of dollars flowing into their vaults from Washington and start making more loans.

Lehman executives insist they and the company's board stand behind Mr. Fuld, who has pulled Lehman back from the brink time and again. But some critics say he has been slow to sell troubled assets and secure the financial lifeline Lehman needs.




Given a Shovel, Digging Deeper Into Debt
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Practices that produced record profits for many banks have led millions of Americans to the brink.

"Colour always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me." Delacroix produced several fine self-portraits, and a number of memorable portraits which seem to have been done purely for pleasure, among which were the portrait of fellow artist Baron Schwiter, an inspired small oil of the violinist Nicolò Paganini, and Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, a double portrait of his friends, the composer Frédéric Chopin and writer George Sand; the painting was cut after his death, but the individual portraits survive.




Chichikov added a copper groat, and she departed well pleased with her ride in the gentleman's carriage.



His early education was at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he steeped himself in the classics and won awards for drawing. In 1815 he began his training with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in the neoclassical style of Jacques-Louis David .


His words, "Steep yourself in your subject, work like hell, and love, honor and
obey your hunches," still direct the work of the agency's many staff members. ...

A sentimental mood fills you today. Steep yourself in nostalgia.



"Today's the day when Britain steps back from the brink, when we confront the bills from a decade of debt," Mr. Osborne told the U.K. Parliament.

Evacuated in the dark of night as Timbuktu was ravaged by Islamist rebels, they found their way to a snow-capped monastery in Minnesota. This is the story of how Mali's most treasured Islamic manuscripts were saved from the brink of destruction

How Catholic monks in Minnesota are helping to save a trove of Islamic treasures in Mali

The cars travelled through the night on the bumpy roads of central Mali, their drivers sworn to secrecy.

ECON.ST

brink
n.

1. 1. The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope: the brink of a cliff.
   2. The margin of land bordering a body of water.
2. The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge: "Time and again the monarchs and statesmen of Europe approached the brink of conflict" (W. Bruce Lincoln). See synonyms at border.

[Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin .]

[名]

1 ((文))（がけの）縁, 端, へり

the brink of a cliff
がけっぷち.

2 瀬戸ぎわ, 土壇(どたん)場, 危機

be driven to the brink of ruin
破滅の寸前に追いやられる

bring ... to the brink
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.

on ［at］ the brink of ...

…に瀕(ひん)して

on ［at］ the brink of starvation
餓死寸前で.

［スカンジナビア語. 「山の傾斜」→「危ういぎりぎりの端」］

"Over the brink" (idiom) about to experience something negative Example Sentence: The US economy is on the brink of a recession.


preoccupy
(prē-ŏk'yə-pī')
tr.v., -pied, -py·ing, -pies.

1. To occupy completely the mind or attention of; engross. See synonyms at monopolize.
2. To occupy or take possession of in advance or before another.

[動](他)((形式))

1 〈人・人の心を〉（…で）夢中にする((with ...))；…の心を奪う；…に偏見を抱かせる.

2 …を先取り［先占め］する.
steep² (stēp)

v., steeped, steep·ing, steeps. v.tr.

1. To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
2. To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
3. To make thoroughly wet; saturate.

v.intr.
To undergo a soaking in liquid.

n.

1. 1. The act or process of steeping.
   2. The state of being steeped.
2. A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.

[Middle English stepen, perhaps of Old English origin.]

groat

[gróut]

[名]

1 グロート（銀貨）：昔の英国の4ペンス銀貨.

2 わずか（な額）

don't care a groat
少しもかまわない.

steep2

Pronunciation: /stiːp/

Definition of steep

verb

[with object]

• 1soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavour or to soften it:the chillies are steeped in olive oil [no object]:the noodles should be left to steep for 3-4 minutes
• soak or saturate (cloth) in water or other liquid: sheets were steeped in mercury sulphate as a disinfectant

• 2 (usually be steeped in) surround or fill with a quality or influence:a city steeped in history

Origin:

Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to stoup

steep(stēp)
adj., steep·er, steep·est.

1. Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
2. At a rapid or precipitous rate: a steep rise in salaries.
3. 1. Excessive; stiff: a steep price.
   2. Ambitious; difficult: a steep undertaking.

n.
A precipitous slope.

precipitous

Pronunciation: /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/

Translate precipitous | into German

Definition of precipitous

adjective

• 1dangerously high or steep:the track skirted a precipitous drop
• (of a change to a worse situation or condition) sudden and dramatic:a precipitous slide in the government’s popularity

• 2(of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration:precipitous intervention

Derivatives

precipitously

adverb

precipitousness

noun

[Middle English stepe, from Old English stēap.]

steeply steep'ly adv.
steepness steep'ness n.

SYNONYMS steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer. These adjectives mean so sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular: steep cliffs; an abrupt drop-off; precipitous hills; a sheer descent.

steep² (stēp)

v., steeped, steep·ing, steeps. v.tr.

1. To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
2. To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
3. To make thoroughly wet; saturate.

v.intr.
To undergo a soaking in liquid.

n.

1. 1. The act or process of steeping.
   2. The state of being steeped.
2. A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.

[Middle English stepen, perhaps of Old English origin.]

steeper steep'er n.

VERGE

n.

1. The extreme edge or margin; a border. See synonyms at border.
2. 1. An enclosing boundary.
   2. The space enclosed by such a boundary.
3. The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink: on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
4. Architecture. The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.
5. Chiefly British. The shoulder of a road.
6. A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.
7. Obsolete. The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.
8. The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.
9. The male organ of copulation in certain invertebrates.

intr.v., verged, verg·ing, verg·es.

1. To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on: a brilliance verging on genius.
2. To be on the edge or border: Her land verges on the neighboring township.

[Middle English, from Old French, rod, ring, from Latin virga, rod, strip.]