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. 僥幸脫險; 死裡逃生
Details have been given of a near miss between two passenger jets over Washington DC earlier this week. 有關本周早些時候兩架客機在華盛頓特區上空險些相撞的細節現已公佈。
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。
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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
幾乎擊中；幾乎相撞
A Boeing 747 was involved in a near miss with a private aircraft just south of San Francisco. 一架波音747客機就在舊金山以南險些與一架私人飛機相撞。
That was a near miss - we must have come within an inch of that lorry ! 真是死裡逃生——我們衹差一點點就撞上了那輛運貨卡車！
near miss noun [C usually singular] (HAPPEN)
an attempt to do or achieve something that fails although it almost succeeds
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