a close/near thing是什么意思_英语组词翻译_例句及用法释义-英语词典

词组

a close/near thing

释义

●a close/near ˈthing

●a close-run ˈthing

(informal)

1. a competition, an election, a race, etc. which you only just succeed in winning （在比赛、选举等中）险胜，侥幸获胜

◆I know we won, but believe me, it was a near thing. They could easily have beaten us.我知道我们赢了，可是我要说我们只是侥幸获胜。他们本来可以轻而易举地打败我们。

2. a punishment, an accident, etc. which you only just avoided 侥幸逃脱；死里逃生

◆The police searched the house but they didn’t find him. It was a close-run thing.警方搜查了屋子但是没有找到他，他侥幸躲过了。

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a close/near thing是什么意思