near miss
noun countable usually singular
HIT 撞击 (also near thing)
■a situation in which something almost hits something else 几乎击中；几乎相撞•A Boeing 747 was involved in a near miss with a private aircraft just south of San Francisco.一架波音747客机在旧金山以南险些与一架私人飞机相撞。 •That was a near miss - we must have come within an inch of that lorry!真是死里逃生——我们只差一点点就撞上那辆运货车！
noun countable usually singular
HAPPEN 发生
■an attempt to do or achieve something which fails although it almost succeeds 功亏一篑 |