English Dictionary

near miss

名詞

広義

a miss which was nearly a hit or collision / (by extension) a scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster

日本語の意味

危うくヒット（衝突や事故）に至らなかった、寸前で回避された出来事。 / ほぼ衝突や失敗となるところを、危機一髪で免れた状況。

The pilot reported a near miss with a drone over the runway, prompting an immediate safety review.

パイロットは滑走路上でドローンと衝突寸前の出来事を報告し、直ちに安全性の見直しが行われた。

意味（1）

a miss which was nearly a hit or collision

... two aircraft, one flying level across the field, another climbing after a missed approach, had an extremely near miss, in my estimation, less than 50 feet, before the lower pilot saw the higher aircraft and broke violently to the right in the darkness.

意味（2）

(by extension) a scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster

In recent years there have been two fatalities and one near miss due to the inappropriate use of boom trucks.

意味（3）

(by extension) an attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark

Dean Chance ... wasn't crying over his near miss of a no-hitter Monday night.

near misses （ plural ）