| 单词 | near thing |
| 释义 | near thing (once / 37052 pages) n WORD FAMILY near thing: near things USAGE EXAMPLESEven though the result of that endeavor is known, seeing what a near thing it was never fails to engage. Los Angeles Times(Aug 18, 2016) A successful hostage rescue - and it was a very near thing - would have seen Jimmy Carter re-elected, and eventually credited with the economic recovery. BBC(Feb 12, 2016) I didn’t vomit but it was a near thing; apparently I turned quite green. The Verge(Dec 06, 2015) n something that barely avoids failure or disaster Hyper avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |
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