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。

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

准备打趣他两句。

He had been on the point of feeling himself go each time.

每一回他都觉快要垮了。

Dudley seemed to be on the point of fainting.

达力似乎随时都会昏倒。

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

就在差点被淹死的危急关头，他奋力地在水中挣扎。

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

在那儿，在沙地尽头的一根木头坐着的居然是一个小男孩。

The train was on the point of starting.

车快要开了。

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

显然它是马就要爆炸了。

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。

I was on the point of proposing it.

我正想如此建议。

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，它已经立在了。

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。

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，如果不是痛苦想哭，她几乎要笑出声来。

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。

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。”

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，笑眼泪汪汪。

The four men creep forwards, tiptoeing on the points of their crampons.

四个人小心翼翼地向前挪动，踮着脚尖在冰爪的尖端前行。

Holding himself up on the points of his elbows, John aims his headlamp straight ahead.

约翰用手肘撑住身体，将头灯照向前方。