I was on the point of chaffing him on his state.

准备打趣他两句。

He was on the point of kissing that tempting mouth, but stopped himself.

他差点就要亲吻那张充满诱惑的小嘴了，但他抑制住了自己。

The train was on the point of starting.

火车快要开了。

I was on the point of proposing it.

我正想如此建议。

Dudley seemed to be on the point of fainting.

达力似乎随时都会昏倒。

It was clear that he was on the point of bursting.

显然它是马上就要爆炸了。

Rita had been on the point of withdrawing an acid-green quill from her bag.

丽塔正要抽出一根绿色的羽毛笔。

Harry and Ron were on the point of following them when Firenze called, 'Harry Potter, a word, please.'

哈利和罗恩正要跟上他们时，费伦泽大声说：“哈利波特，请听我说句话。”

Leaders of Italy's populist coalition, which is on the point of fracture, suspended their arguments for the day.

正处于分裂边缘的意大利民粹主义联盟的领导人当天暂停了他们的争论。

They're on the point of beginning that march and the idea of this painting is, above all, energy.

他们刚开始巡逻这幅画的核心理念就是活力。

It may interest you to know that our ex-Director was on the point of transferring him to Iceland.

你也许会感到兴趣，那时我们的前任主任正打算把他下放到冰岛去。

A V.P.S. treatment indeed! She would have laughed, if she hadn't been on the point of crying.

哼，做什么代强烈情素治疗，如果不是痛苦得想哭，她几乎要笑出声来。

She was on the point of breaking the engagement.

她正要解除婚约。

One hundred times have I been on the point of embracing her.

我一百次都想拥抱她。

He was on the point of heaping on her the coarsest insults.

他正要对她进行最粗暴的侮辱。

She was on the point of leaving them when Arthur stopped her.

当亚瑟阻止她时， 她正要离开他们。

They may be on the point of making discoveries in the world beyond sense.

他们可能正要在这个世界上进行超乎常理的发现。

'The Morning is on the point of breaking.

'早晨即将破灭。

The country’s economy is on the point of collapse.

【point】该国经济处于崩溃的边缘。

Sanders looked suddenly rather uncomfortable, and even, I imagined, was on the point of blushing.

桑德斯突然看起来很不舒服， 甚至，我想，都快要脸红了。