| 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 thingin 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.  The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close-run thing. |