a near thing 死里逃生 ; 极危险的事 ; 侥幸的脱险
N an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc 勉强做成之事; 勉强失败之事 [非正式]
We won in the end but it was a near thing.
我们最后赢了,但比分很近。
Phew! That was a near thing! It could have been a disaster.
哎呀!好险哪!差一点儿出事。
这事好险哪!
I don't want to be an alarmist here." "But the one thing that is very important is that as the ISAF (NATO) forces operate in the areas near the Pakistan border, that the impact on Pakistan be taken into account at all times and that the Pakistani security forces are properly aware of what the military actions are so they can do what is necessary to protect your border,"
VOA: standard.2009.07.04
As Wellington said at Waterloo, it was a damn near thing.
威灵顿在滑铁卢用的也是这么一招
And, that's a good thing to know because if you come out with an answer that's somewhere near the diameter of the universe and it's supposed to be the diameter of an atom, then you will know that you probably made a mistake.
这是我们需要知道的,因为当你做一道题得到的答案,是宇宙的直径,而正确答案是原子直径时,你能很快发现你的错误。
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