be a near thing

British EnglishBrE

a) JUST/ALMOST NOTif something you succeed in doing is a near thing, you manage to succeed but you nearly failed 险胜

They won the championship, but it was a near thing.

他们获得了冠军，但是赢得很险。

b) JUST/ALMOST NOTused to say that you just managed to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation 好险〔表示刚好躲过危险或不愉快的情况〕

That was a near thing – that truck was heading straight for us.

刚才好险啊，那辆卡车朝着我们直冲过来。

Examples from the Corpus

be a near thing• The Cairo Conference was a near thing for her.

→ be a near thing at near2(4)

词汇	be a near thing
释义	be a near thing be a near thing British EnglishBrE a) JUST/ALMOST NOTif something you succeed in doing is a near thing, you manage to succeed but you nearly failed 险胜 They won the championship, but it was a near thing. 他们获得了冠军，但是赢得很险。 b) JUST/ALMOST NOTused to say that you just managed to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation 好险〔表示刚好躲过危险或不愉快的情况〕 That was a near thing – that truck was heading straight for us. 刚才好险啊，那辆卡车朝着我们直冲过来。 Examples from the Corpus be a near thing• The Cairo Conference was a near thing for her. → be a near thing at near2(4)
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