We came within an ace of victory.

我们获胜。

She was within a hair’s breadth of winning.

她就赢了。

He nearly died of exposure on the cold mountain.

他在寒冷的高山没有冻死。

The car missed me by a fraction of an inch.

那车子儿就要撞到我了。

The boy narrowly escaped being drowned.

那个男孩被淹死。

You escaped serious injury by a whisker, so consider yourselves very lucky.

你就受重伤,你应该觉得自己很幸运。

The train stopped with a violent jerk, nearly tipping me out of my bunk.

火车突然停车, 我从卧铺摔下来。

Louise had the pre-wedding jitters so badly she nearly didn’t make it to the church.

路易丝在举行婚礼前非常紧张，没能坚持到教堂。

I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.

我喜欢精装版, 但我只买得起本稍的。

The motorcyclist had a brush with danger as he skidded round the bend.

摩托车驾驶员在道路弯曲处打了,出了危险。

The bus stopped with a violent jerk, nearly tipping the box off the seat.

公车猛地颠停了下来, 箱子从座下来。

He narrowly escaped drowning.

他淹死。

I was nearly drowned last night, but was fortunate enough to be saved.

我昨天夜里淹死, 真走运, 有人把我救了。

The stuntman flew the aircraft upside-down within a hair’s breadth of the rooftops.

那做电影演员替身的杂技演员驾驶着飞机翻过来又倒过去，撞着平顶房的屋顶。

Remember when actor Crispin Glover went nutso on late-night television and came inches short of karate-kicking David Letterman in the jaw?

还记得克里斯平-格洛弗（美国男影星）在晚间电视节目中使用空手道的踢法袭击大卫·莱特曼的下巴吗？

The only time I had a brush with the law was when I was falsely accused of taking away a car without the owner's consent.

我唯的次险些碰到法律的行为是, 我被诬告没有得到主人的同意就将其车开走。

When my final day in this word comes to me, it woud be a hurting and inerasable memory lasting to on end, however, it may be nothing to you.

离开这个世界的某天，对我是种有伤痛的、无法抹去的回忆，对你而言，也许什么事也没有发生。