near miss
柯林斯词典
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. 侥幸脱险; 死里逃生
Details have been given of a near miss between two passenger jets over Washington DC earlier this week. 有关本周早些时候两架客机在华盛顿特区上空险些相撞的细节现已公布。
We've had a few near misses in the raids, as I expect you've noticed. 在袭击中有几次我们险些被击中，我想你已经注意到了。
2. N-COUNT A near miss is an attempt to do something which fails by a very small amount. 功亏一篑
...a near miss by the United States in its quarterfinal loss to Germany. ...美国在与德国的四分之一决赛中差一点就获胜了。
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near miss (also near-miss) (near misses)
剑桥词典
near miss noun [C usually singular] (HIT)
(also near 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！
near miss noun [C usually singular] (HAPPEN)
an attempt to do or achieve something that fails although it almost succeeds
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