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。

And the old man, who had been talking, was just on the point of going out at the door, and he did go.

讲这童话的那个老人想出。他口，之后就走了。

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

每一回他都觉得自己快要垮了。

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上坐着的居然是一个小男孩。

The train was on the point of starting.

火车快要开了。

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

卡尔纳蒂克号的烟囱里冒着浓烟，就要启程。

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

丽塔要抽出一根绿色的羽毛笔。

I was on the point of proposing it.

我想如此建议。

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，它已经立了刀刃上。

Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written on the same heavy parchment as the envelope, when it was jerked sharply out of his hand by Uncle Vernon.

利刚要打开他那封写同样厚重羊皮纸上的信，信却被弗农姨父一把从手中抢过去了。

At supper that evening, the Swede burned with energy. He sometimes seemed on the point of bursting into loud song, and in all of his madness he was encouraged by old Scully.

那天晚上晚餐时，瑞典人精力充沛。有时，他似乎要爆发出响亮的歌声，他所有的癫狂之中，老史高丽鼓励着他。

" I await that day eagerly as well, " Tyrell put in. " Lord Tywin and I were on the point of setting a date, as it happens. Perhaps you and I might take up that discussion, Your Grace" .

" 我也急切地期盼着大婚的日子，" 提利尔公爵插话，" 事实上，泰温大人最近与我商讨婚期。陛下，如果合适的话，咱们就把它定下来吧。"

Amy was on the point of crying, but Laurie slyly pulled the parrot's tail, which caused Polly to utter an astonished croak and call out, " Bless my boots! " in such a funny way, that she laughed instead.

艾米要大哭，劳里调皮地拉拉鹦鹉的尾巴，这使波莉发出一声惊叫：“哎呀！”这副滑稽样子，使得艾米破涕为笑了。

Countless times, Harry had been on the point of unlocking Hedwig’s cage by magic and sending her to Ron and Hermione with a letter, but it wasn’t worth the risk.

一次又一次，利差点儿要用魔法打开海德薇的笼子，让它捎封信给罗恩和赫敏。但这太冒险了。

Back of the cabin, poised at the top of the slope, with the snow whirling around him, he had one horrible moment when he was on the point of turning back.

小屋后面，雪他周围旋转，他斜坡顶上保持平衡，要转身，他突然感觉很害怕。

Miss Matty was on the point of asking him what he wanted (as she told me afterwards), when he turned sharp to me: " Is your name Mary Smith? "

马蒂小姐要问他想要什么（她后来告诉我），这时他突然转向我：“您叫玛丽·史密斯吗？”

Though it was often predicted in later years that he was on the point of taking the job, however, he never had Ministerial ambitions.

虽然后来的几年里一直有着这方面的传言，可是，他从来就没有进部里工作的野心。