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。

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

每一回他觉得自己快要垮了。

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

就在差点被淹死的危关头，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上坐着的居然是一个小男孩。

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，它已经立在了刀刃上。

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，乎笑破了，笑得眼泪汪汪。

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，她乎要笑出声来。

She seemed continually on the point of weeping.

她似乎一直在哭泣。

She was on the point of breaking the engagement.

她正要解除婚约。