释义 |
close-runclose-run /ˌkləʊs ˈrʌn◂ $ ˌkloʊs-/ adjective [only before noun] British English - A close-run thing, Commander, a very close-run thing.
- All these chores, if efficiently organized, can tilt the balance in a close-run contest.
- Although it is a close-run thing arithmetically, there seems to be no real basis for this charge of bastardy.
- And with Comet Swift-Tuttle due to obliterate the Earth in August 2126, it could be a close-run thing.
- But it had been a very close-run thing.
- Now, with just one win in three matches, a close-run thing against Castleford reserves, opinions are hardening.
- The motion failed to obtain an absolute majority of 249 but it was a close-run thing.
► a close-run thing The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close-run thing. in a close-run competition, the winner succeeds by a very small distance or number of points, votes etc: The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close-run thing. |