行将灭亡 meaning in English

on the verge of extinction

The plight of the army was like the plight of a wounded beast , that feels its death at hand , and knows not what it is doing
整个军队的状况是，这支军队犹如已经感觉到自己行将灭亡而又不知道该怎么办的一头受了伤的野兽。
The moan of that wounded creature , the french army , that betrayed its hopeless plight , was the despatch of lauriston to the camp of kutuzov with overtures for peace
法国军队这只受伤的野兽的呻吟，是派洛里斯顿到库图佐夫营地求和，这是它行将灭亡的暴露。
I urge every member of the iraqi military and intelligence services , if war comes , do not fight for a dying regime that is not worth your own life
我敦促伊拉克军队和情报部门的每个成员，一旦战争发生，不要为一个行将灭亡的政权而战，它不值得你们牺牲生命。
From that time up to the end of the campaign , all kutuzovs activity was limited to trying by the exercise of authority , by guile and by entreaties , to hold his army back from useless attacks , manuvres , and skirmishes with the perishing enemy
自从获悉法国人撤出莫斯科直至战役结束，库图佐夫的全部活动是：用权力计谋劝告来阻止军队打无益的进攻运动战与行将灭亡的敌人冲突。