| 释义 |
a close (or near) thingA narrow avoidance of something unpleasant: we got him out, but it was a close thing...- It was a near miss as far as I was concerned, a close thing.
- It was a close thing for me too, but I was young, and have a healthy heart and I lasted the whole half-hour of assault.
- Theodosius also built a second set of walls around Constantinople (it had been a near thing with the Visigoths) and made Christianity the official religion of the Empire.
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