| 词汇 | come close (to doing something) |
| 释义 | come close (to doing something)come close (to doing something) ALMOST a) to almost do something 差点（做某事） I tell you, I was so mad I came close to hitting her. 我告诉你，我气得差点打了她。 She came so close to the finals she must have been bitterly disappointed to go out now. 她差点就进入决赛，现在出局她肯定极为失望。 b) to be almost as good as someone or something else 差不多，几乎一样〔好〕 It’s not as good as his last movie, but it comes pretty close. 这没有他上一部影片好，但也差得不多。 Examples from the Corpus come close (to doing something)• Her horse came close and watched her.• He can come close, perhaps, but the closer he comes, the greater the risk of slippage.• A visit to the ancient ruins, especially on a quiet weekday, comes close to a religious experience.• Even La Scala, where an opening-night stall seat goes for £500, rarely comes close to breaking even.• Later Mr O'Malley came close to confirming that his party would quit the coalition later this week.• And this night, he comes close to getting seriously injured.• Miguel wanted to trust Firebug; he came close to letting everything spill out.• A loose end, Kirov reminded himself as he came close to the man. → come close (to doing something) at close3(3) |
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