| 释义 |
close-run BrE /ˌkləʊs ˈrʌn/
NAmE /ˌkloʊs/●a close/near ˈthing●a close-run ˈthing (informal) 1. a competition, an election, a race, etc. which you only just succeed in winning （在比赛、选举等中）险胜，侥幸获胜◆I know we won, but believe me, it was a near thing. They could easily have beaten us.我知道我们赢了，可是我要说我们只是侥幸获胜。他们本来可以轻而易举地打败我们。2. a punishment, an accident, etc. which you only just avoided 侥幸逃脱；死里逃生◆The police searched the house but they didn’t find him. It was a close-run thing.警方搜查了屋子但是没有找到他，他侥幸躲过了。 |