词汇 | too close/near for comfort |
释义 | too close/near for comforttoo close/near for comfort DANGEROUSsomething that is too close for comfort makes you feel worried, unhappy, or uncomfortable, because it is dangerous in some way 近得使人担忧[不快,不适] The cars were whizzing past us much too close for comfort. 汽车紧贴着我们身边呼啸而过,令我们提心吊胆。 Examples from the Corpus too close/near for comfort• At times, the similarities are too close for comfort, edging towards the derivative.• Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort.• Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.• The movement brought him too close for comfort.• In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort.• But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort.• Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort. → too close/near for comfort at comfort1(2) |
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