narrow escape

英 [ˈnærəʊ ɪˈskeɪp]

美 [ˈnæroʊ ɪˈskeɪp]

侥幸脱险

英英释义

noun

• something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
  Synonym:close callclose shavesqueaksqueaker

双语例句

• John's narrow escape left him shaking with terror.
  钥翰死里逃生使他心有余悸。
• The second day he had a narrow escape when he ran into a patrol of British soldiers.
  第二天，他碰上了一队英国巡逻兵，好不容易才脱了险。
• He had a narrow escape from death.
  他在千钧一发之际免于一死。
• More than once he had a narrow escape from being eaten by sharks.
  他有好几次差点被鲨鱼吃掉了。
• Will grant have another lucky narrow escape?
  格兰特还会再一次死里逃生吗？
• A large number of travelers had a narrow escape this morning when a bomb ripped apart the train in which they had been traveling.
  很多旅客今天上午险些丢了性命，因为一颗炸弹炸断了他们乘坐的列车。
• Goodness only knows, said Hermione. But whoever it was has had a narrow escape.
  那只有天知道了，赫敏说，不过，不管那个人是谁都逃不过去。
• He had a narrow escape, the bullet came within centimeters of his head.
  他真是死里逃生，子弹从距他脸几厘米的位置穿过。
• It had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus Harding!
  赛勒斯·史密斯真是死里逃生！
• Not many people survive such a narrow escape from death.
  并不是很多像我这样九死一生。