| 释义 |
by a whisker
释义
险些，勉强：表示某事以极小的差距或努力完成。
例句
1·Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.
选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。
2·At Valencia I missed the third position by a whisker .
在瓦伦西亚，我仅以微弱劣势丢掉了第三的位置。
3·You escaped serious injury by a whisker , so consider yourselves very lucky.
你差一点就受重伤，你应该觉得自己很幸运。
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