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.

显然它就要爆炸了。

He was struggling in the water, on the point of being drowned.

就差点被淹死的危急关头，他奋力地水中挣扎。

There, seated on a log on the point of land, was a small boy.

那儿，沙地尽头的一根木头坐着的居然一个小男孩。

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。

Our relationship couldn't continue to balance, as it did, on the point of a knife.

我们的关系不会继续这样平衡下去，它已经立了刀刃。

The steamer lay puffing alongside the quay, on the point of starting.

卡尔纳蒂克号的烟囱里正冒着浓烟，就要启程。

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，如果不痛苦得想哭，她几乎要笑出声来。

The whooping and the roaring renewed themselves, faces seemed on the point of disintegration, tears were streaming.

哄笑和吼叫重新发出，脸都几乎笑破了，笑得眼泪汪汪。

She was on the point of breaking the engagement.

她正要解除婚约。

This He was several times on the point of doing.

祂好几次都想这样做。

The pilot swore an angry oath; the reward of two hundred pounds was evidently on the point of escaping him.

船主对老天愤懑地骂个不停。毫无疑问这两百英镑的奖金吹了。