今日片語
這個表達的本意是 “死裡逃生,僥幸逃脫困境”,用在描述人成功逃離危險,避開困境的語境中。在日常生活中,這個表達也會被誇張地用來描述 “逃脫窘境”。
例句
The speeding car nearly hit him! What a narrow escape!
那輛超速的汽車差點撞到他。真是死裡逃生!
As soon as I got home it started to rain outside – it was a narrow escape!
我剛進家門就開始下雨了。真實僥幸逃過“一劫”。
I had a narrow escape by leaving my job – the company I had just left went bankrupt!
我離開我的工作是險些躲過一劫,因為我剛走公司就破產了。