用英语表达”死里逃生“，可以丝毫不带 escape

大难不死必有后福，不管这句话是真的还是假的，我们要像珍惜时间一样珍惜自己的生命，因为它也是不可再生资源，特别是在有了死里逃生艰苦卓绝的际遇后，更应该深刻反省生命的意义，以及更加爱惜自己。

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可能你在纠结如何用英语表达“死里逃生”，也就是纠结如何把 escape 和 death 联合起来，但结果可能往往是绞尽脑汁也很难找到合适的表达方式。不过可以用 narrow escape 来表示“死里逃生”，例如：

He had a narrow escape when his car skidded on the ice. 

车在冰上打滑，他险些出事。

I had a narrow escape. 

我是死里逃生。

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对应 death 还有一个习语有“死里逃生”的意思，它就是 cheat death，常用于报章，例如：

As a racing driver, he was involved in many serious crashes and had cheated death on several occasions.

作为一名赛车手，他曾多次卷入严重车祸，多次死里逃生。

The daredevil competitors are supposed to cheat death.

那些胆大包天的竞争者被认为是死里逃生。

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其实表达“死里逃生”不用那么复杂，一个简单的表达就可以恰到好处，它就是 close call，它还可以意为“幸免遇难，千钧一发，好险”，难以抉择等意思，相当于 close shave，常用于 have a close call 中，例如：

close call:

Joe had a close call when his motorbike nearly collided with a lorry. 

乔的摩托车差点同卡车猛撞，他侥幸地脱险了。

It was a close call, but I managed to avoid hitting the deer that ran directly in front of my car.

真是好险啊，但我还是设法避免撞到了我车前的那只鹿。

We almost got hit by another car driving over here – it was really a close call.

我们差点被开过来的另一辆车撞了，真是死里逃生。

It was a close call for residents when a tornado swept through just west of the town.

龙卷风席卷了小镇的西面，这对当地居民来说是一个千钧一发的时刻。

That was a really close call, but the politician managed to evade doing time in prison.

真是难以抉择，但这位政治家设法规避了坐牢。

close shave:

I had a close shave this morning - some idiot almost knocked me off my bike.

今天早上我好险啊，有个白痴差点把我从自行车上撞下来。

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Close call 还可以用于比赛或竞赛中，表示非常接近或难以区分结果而无法确定胜利者的比赛，可以意为“势均力敌，难分上下”等意思，意思相当于 squeak 或 too close to call，例如：

close call:

With the two candidates having nearly equal amounts of delegates, this election is going to be a very close call.

由于两位候选人的代表人数几乎相等，这次选举将是一场势均力敌的选举。

The race was quite competitive, and the African won by such a close call.

比赛很激烈，非洲人以如此势均力敌的优势获胜。

squeak:

We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.

我们靠最后一分钟的入球侥幸进入决赛。

In spite of a dismal record at school, she narrowly squeaked into design school. 

尽管在学校的成绩很糟糕，她还是勉强进入了设计学校。

too close to call:

The result is going to be too close to call. 

双方实力非常接近，因此结果无法预料。

In the Senate, the count is too close to call at this point. 

参议院现在的票数还难分上下。

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