near miss

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A miss which was nearly a hit or collision.
    — […] two aircraft, one flying level across the field, another climbing after a missed approach, had an extremely near miss, in my estimation, less than 50 feet, before the lower pilot saw the higher aircraft and broke violently to the right in the darkness.
  2. A scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster. broadly
    — In recent years there have been two fatalities and one near miss due to the inappropriate use of boom trucks.
  3. An attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark. broadly
    — Dean Chance […] wasn't crying over his near miss of a no-hitter Monday night.

词形变化

near misses plural near-miss alternative

词汇关系

反义词
direct hit fiasco rout
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