within an ace of
接近、差一點就要......
口語·表達(dá)幾乎成功或險些發(fā)生
英文釋義
to be extremely close to or on the verge of something
例句
I was within an ace of winning the lottery, but I missed one number.
典故來源
源自賭博術(shù)語，'ace'（幺點）在骰子或紙牌中代表最小點數(shù)，'within an ace of' 原指差一點就擲出幺點，后引申為‘差一點就要……’。