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

• You were just in time. Whew! What a close call
  你可真及时。嚯，真是好险呢！
• I had a close call on the way to the office this morning. a car almost hit me!
  我在早晨来上班的路上差点出事，一辆车差点就撞到我了！
• 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。
• And it was a close call in northern Texas where a pair of children nearly walked into a lightening bolt.
  在北德克萨斯州上演了千钧一发一幕，两个小孩几乎被闪电击中。
• My father is still in hospital; his life is no longer in any danger, but it was a close call.
  我的父亲仍住在医院里，但不再有生命危险了，他真是死里逃生。
• Making your ears and eyes bigger in this close call, you will be the terminator or saviour of the world!
  放大你的耳朵，睁大你的眼睛，千钧一发之际，你就是世界的终结者或救世主！
• Joe had a close call when his motorbike nearly collided with a lorry.
  乔的摩托车差点同卡车猛撞，他侥幸地脱险了。
• 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。
• 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。