| 词汇 | near-miss |
| 释义 | near miss noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˌnɪə ˈmɪs/ us /ˌnɪr ˈmɪs/ near missnoun[C usually singular] (HIT)(alsonear 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客机就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了那辆运货卡车！ Events and occurrences -athon backstory be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageantidiom benefit binge car wash curve date night edition epiphenomenon episode goings-on occurrence proceedings reoccurrence saga shoe spree synchronicity thing near missnoun[C usually singular] (HAPPEN)an attempt to do or achieve something that fails although it almost succeeds功亏一篑 Failures another/the final nail in the coffinidiom bloodbath brain freeze breakdown busted flush car crash false dawn fiasco flameout flop foul (something) up hash lemon loser parody post-crash pratfall reversal slim pickings slush pile near miss | American Dictionarynear miss noun[ C ] us/ˈnɪər ˈmɪs/ a situation in which an accident almost happened: That was a near miss – he must have come within 50 feet of the other plane. Examples of near missnear miss No indication of a cut-off value for what is considered a nearmiss was given. Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical nearmiss reporting systems. One particular type of nearmiss logged was the incorrect creation of a volume matrix. The next most common nearmiss is using the wrong tray factor, with a corresponding rate of 13.3 per 1000. Having come through this rite of passage relatively unscathed, it treated the incident as a nearmiss, a bad accident that could have been much worse. However, the difference between a nearmiss and total disaster is sometimes slight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What definition is set out of what a nearmiss means? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a nearmiss, as he put it; a fantasy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that we scored a nearmiss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that until public concern can be allayed any future nearmiss incident be subjected to the same procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One or two of them involved the aircraft that was eventually lost, and another involved a nearmiss of 100 ft with a helicopter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Three people witnessed the incident, which was a nearmiss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I now switch to another metaphor; another form of transport which is perhaps better than a "nearmiss". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would obviously be highly undesirable to have not just a direct clash but even a nearmiss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear about them only when the nearmiss is no longer a "nearmiss" and the ultimate has happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of near miss These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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