| 词汇 | a brush with something |
| 释义 | a brush with something phrase 和…的小冲突；与…的摩擦 a situation in which you experience something, or almost experience something, especially something unpleasant Jim had a brush with death (= was nearly killed) on the motorway. 吉姆在高速公路上差点丧命。 Was that your first brush with the law (= experience of being in trouble with the police)? 那是你第一次和警察打交道吗？ It was her brush with mortality - a cancer scare last year - that made Evans rethink her career. After his latest brush with infamy, the footballer is keen to stay out of the tabloids and is keeping a low profile. She had a brush with stardom in the eighties as a member of a minor pop band. See also: brush noun (TOUCH) |
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