near-miss

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT You can say that there is a near miss when something is nearly hit by another thing, for example by a vehicle or a bomb. 僥幸脫險; 死裡逃生
Details have been given of a near miss between two passenger jets over Washington DC earlier this week. 有關本周早些時候兩架客機在華盛頓特區上空險些相撞的細節現已公佈。
We've had a few near misses in the raids, as I expect you've noticed. 在襲擊中有幾次我們險些被擊中，我想你已經注意到了。
2. N-COUNT A near miss is an attempt to do something which fails by a very small amount. 功虧一簣
...a near miss by the United States in its quarterfinal loss to Germany. ...美國在與德國的四分之一決賽中差一點就獲勝了。