查询词典 on the point of

No sooner said than done. He quickly took a sharpened axe to shape the wood; but when he was on the point of striking it he stopped with his arm in the air, because he heard a tiny, thin little voice say,"Do not strike so hard!"

说干就干。他拿起一个锋利的斧子开始砍木头；但是当他快要砍上它时他的胳膊停在了半空中，因为他听见有声音，那个细小的声音说，"不要太用力！"

At the expiration of a quarter of an hour, he rose, as though he were on the point of again beginning his march towards that bench which was surrounded by an aureole.

坐了一刻钟，他站起来，仿佛又要向那条被宝光笼罩着的板凳走去。

When we remember that more than a hundred editions of Quignonez's breviary were printed during the short space of twenty years, and that it was on the point of being adopted universally, we can see that this portion of the Boo of Common Prayer has some justification.

当我们记得，一百多版本quignonez的breviary被印在短短的二十年，而且它是关於这点，被普遍采用，我们可以看到，这部分建筑物条例执行处共同祈祷有一些道理。

To have you as long as possible near me, to hear your eloquent speech,--which embellishes my mind, strengthens my soul, and makes my whole frame capable of great and terrible things, if I should ever be free,--so fills my whole existence, that the despair to which I was just on the point of yielding when I knew you, has no longer any hold over me; and this--this is my fortune--not chimerical, but actual.

可能长时间地与你呆在一起，倾听你那雄辩的声音来丰富我的头脑，振作我的精神，使我的身心能在一旦获得自由的时候经受得住可怕的打击，它们丰富了我的心灵，使快要向绝望让步的我，自从认识了你以后，不再伤心绝望，这些才是我的财富，真正属于我的财富。

We were on the point of telephoning you when your telegram arrived.

我们正要打电话给你，你的电报就来了。

As we on the point of transacting some impotrant business with them, we should like to know exactly how their credit stands.

因为本公司正要与该公司订立某重要交易，所以希望事先正确的了解该公司的信用状况。

He were on the point of death.

他濒临死亡。

Now I am eighty-six years old; I am on the point of death.

现在，我八十六岁了，快死了。您还来问我什么呢？

E.g. This specie is on the point of extinction.

这个物种濒于灭绝。

As we are on the point of executing a considerable order from J.A. Husman.

Box 386， Karachi，…我们正准备执行与位于卡拉奇、邮政信箱为386好的胡斯曼公司签署一份大宗订单。

With the development of highway construction, the speed of cars has been gradually increased.

随着公路的发展，汽车的车速也在不断提高。

So we basically had to develop a bond with the animal in terms of socializing with it.

所以我们就主要想通过跟它沟通的方式来建立一种良好的关系。