查询词典 close call

With this Resolution I enter'd the Wood, and with all possible Waryness and Silence, Friday following close at my Heels, I march'd till I came to the Skirt of the Wood, on the Side which was next to them; only that one Corner of the Wood lay between me and them; here I call'd softly to Friday, and shewing him a great Tree, which was just at the Corner of the Wood, I bad him go to the Tree, and bring me Word if he could see there plainly what they were doing; he did so, and came immediately back to me, and told me they might be plainly view'd there; that they were all about their Fire, eating the Flesh of one of their Prisoners; and that another lay bound upon the Sand, a little from them, which be said they would kill next, and which fir'd all the very Soul within me; he told me it was not one of their Nation; but one of the bearded Men, who he had told me of, that came to their Country in the Boat: I was fill'd with Horror at the very naming the white-bearded Man, and going to the Tree, I saw plainly by my Glass, a white Man who lay upon the Beach of the Sea, with his Hands and his Feet ty'd, with Flags, or Things like Rushes; and that he was an European, and had Cloaths on.

这样决定之后，我就进入了树林。星期五紧随我身后，小心翼翼、悄然无声地往前走。我们一直走到树林的边缘，那儿离他们最近，中间只隔着一些树木，是树林边沿的一角。到了那里后，我就悄悄招呼星期五，指着林角上最靠外的一棵大树，要他隐蔽在那树后去观察一下，如果能看清楚他们的行动，就回来告诉我。他去了不大工夫，就回来对我说，从那儿他看得很清楚，他们正围着火堆吃一个俘虏的肉，另外还有一个俘虏，正躺在离他们不远的沙地上，手脚都捆绑着。照他看来，他们接着就要杀他了。我听了他的话，不禁怒火中烧。他又告诉我，那躺着的俘虏不是他们部落的人，而是他曾经对我说过的坐小船到他们部落里去的那种有胡子的人。

For that every moment, this domestic sentiment struck me, as I was awed at how close I am to home, the home that I have spent the best part of my childhood in, the home that will always be my bulwark in times of distress, the home that I can always call upon, my home, mirabile dictu

与此同时，一种家的感觉震撼了我，而我这时才发现我真的离我的家好近好近，又抑或，我根本就没有离开。这是我的家，在这里我度过童年最美好的时光。这也是我不如意时的避风港，一个，永远都不会抛弃我，而我永远都能称为家的地方。

ELECTION day has arrived and the outcome remains tantalisingly too close to call.

大选日已经来临，但是已经登记的结果依然是扑朔迷离，胜负难分。

That's what you might call a close shave,' he thought as he reached for the razor .

这就是你可能会称为的侥幸脱险吧。他一边去拿刮胡刀一边想。

So in November, when the conflict forced the main road into the Jaffna peninsula to close, Pathiranage placed a long-distance call and asked:"Theva, can I do anything?"

因此在11月，正值冲突迫使通往贾夫纳半岛的主要干道被封锁时，派内芝打了一通长途电话给沙瓦那亚加说〝沙瓦那亚加，我能帮你什麼忙吗？

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。