a close thing

One more thing: does your family have relatives close by, a sister, an uncle, a grandparent?

还有一件事，你家里有没有住的近的亲戚，姐妹，叔叔，祖父或祖母？

We gave the job to Michael in the end, but it was a close thing as all the applicants were good.

最终我们把工作给了迈克尔，真是难分伯仲，因为所有的申请人都很优秀。

The car just missed the child but it was a very close thing.

汽车刚好没撞着孩子，不过非常危险。

Harry managed not to shout out, but it was a close thing.

哈利差点儿没叫出声来。

This is not to say that the landing was not a close thing.

这并不是说,这次登陆不是一发千钧.

What a close thing that was! The enemies nearly not him.

多么侥幸的事啊! 敌人差点把他抓住了!

It was a close run thing before Spain beat Poland 3-2

比赛难分高下，最终西班牙以3比2击败波兰。

That was a close thing! I was nearly run down by the car.

那真是千钩一发啊! 我差点被那车给压了.

It was a close run thing before Spain beat Poland 3-2.

比赛难分高下，最终西班牙以3比2击败波兰。

We got him out in the end, but it was a close thing.

我们最后总算把他救了出来，可那是真险啊。

I luckily caught the bus, but it was a close thing.

我运气很好赶上了汽车, 可差点就赶不上了.

That was a close thing! They nearly hit the other car!

好险啊! 他们差点撞在另一辆汽车上.

It would be a close thing.

这或许是桩千钧一发的事.

As 2011 draws to a close, one thing is becoming clear: against a backdrop of an escalating crisis in the eurozone and lacklustre American growth, buying boring us government bonds has been the right call for investors in search of a safe haven.

在2011年即将结束之际，一个事实逐渐清晰：在欧元区危机不断升级、美国经济增长乏力的背景之下，购买平淡无奇的美国国债，是寻找安全避风港的投资者们的正确选择。

We just managed to win, but it was a close thing.

我们好不容易才获胜, 真险哪.

Luckily for her mother, an engagement was swiftly drummed up and political disaster averted, but it was a close run thing.

对于她的妈妈而言，幸运的是，一场订婚迅速被制造出来，从而避免了一场政治灾难，但过程真是惊险。

It was really a close thing that he survived the accident.

他在事故中幸存下来,真是死里逃生.

He survived the operation, but it was a close thing, as he himself knows.

手术后他活下来了, 但他自己也知道,这是死里逃生.

That final football match was a close thing.

那场足球决赛勉强获胜.