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(guān)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(xì)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。