close call

英 [kləʊz kɔːl]

美 [kloʊz kɔːl]

勉强脱险;幸免于难

英英释义

noun

• something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
  Synonym:close shavesqueaksqueakernarrow escape

双语例句

• Dick: I heard you had a close call this morning.
  迪克：我听说你今天早上是千钧一发。
• It was a close call, but luckily enemy had had aim.
  真是千钧一发，不过，很幸运地，敌人找错了目标。
• But I think it's a close call.
  我觉得这是一个比较冒险的做法。
• Philip Klapwijk, executive chairman of GFMS, the consultancy that produces the statistics on gold supply and demand, said it would be "a close call" which of China and India was the largest buyer this year.
  编制黄金供需统计数据的咨询公司gfms的执行董事长菲利普克拉普维克（philipklapwijk）表示，“很难预测”中国和印度哪个将成为今年的最大买家。
• The car missed the child, but it was a very close call.
  汽车没有撞上孩子，但真的是死里逃生。
• The changes in the telomeres found in lizards that have experienced a close call adds to the evidence that environmental stress has negative effects by eroding telomere length.
  在遭遇过险情的蜥蜴体内的端粒所发生的变化进一步证明了生存环境的压力会给蜥蜴带来负面的影响，使其端粒长度变短。
• W hat about eurozone interest rates? They will fall-but it is a close call.
  欧元区利率将会下跌但这种可能性也不是特别大。
• You were just in time. Whew! What a close call
  你可真及时。嚯，真是好险呢！
• The car almost ran me over, it was a close call.
  那辆汽车差点把我碾死，真是死里逃生。
• That was a close call! We nearly hit that car.
  真是危险阿，我们差点撞着那辆汽车。