| 词汇 | a near miss |
| 释义 | Idiom a near miss a situation in which an accident or unpleasant situation almost happened and was only just avoided.I managed to brake just in time but it was a near miss. near missA situation in which danger or problems are barely avoided. Used literally, it usually refers to a potential collision of some kind. It was a near miss when that deer jumped out in front of my car! Luckily, I swerved in time and managed to avoid hitting it. It was a near miss for the senator, whose charges were dropped due to a technicality. a near ˈmissa situation in which an accident, usually involving two moving objects, is only just avoided: There was another near miss this afternoon just over Heathrow Airport when a jet nearly hit a small private plane.He drove like a maniac. We had one near miss after another. |
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