near miss
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT You can say that there is a near miss when something is nearly hit by another thing, for example by a vehicle or a bomb. 僥幸脫險; 死里逃生
Details have been given of a near miss between two passenger jets over Washington DC earlier this week. 有關本周早些時候兩架客機在華盛頓特區(qū)上空險些相撞的細節(jié)現(xiàn)已公布。
We've had a few near misses in the raids, as I expect you've noticed. 在襲擊中有幾次我們險些被擊中，我想你已經(jīng)注意到了。
2. N-COUNT A near miss is an attempt to do something which fails by a very small amount. 功虧一簣
...a near miss by the United States in its quarterfinal loss to Germany. ...美國在與德國的四分之一決賽中差一點就獲勝了。
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near miss (also near-miss) (near misses)
劍橋詞典
near miss noun [C usually singular] (HIT)
(also near thing)a situation in which something almost hits something else
幾乎擊中；幾乎相撞
A Boeing 747 was involved in a near miss with a private aircraft just south of San Francisco. 一架波音747客機就在舊金山以南險些與一架私人飛機相撞。
That was a near miss - we must have come within an inch of that lorry ! 真是死里逃生——我們只差一點點就撞上了那輛運貨卡車！
near miss noun [C usually singular] (HAPPEN)
an attempt to do or achieve something that fails although it almost succeeds
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