razor-thin

adjective
🔊/ˌreɪzə ˈθɪn/
🔊/ˌreɪzər ˈθɪn/
(North American English)
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  1. (of a victory in an election, etc.选举等的胜利) won by a very small number of votes以微弱优势取胜的;险胜的
    • The Republican Senator won a third term by a razor-thin edge over his Democratic challenger.共和党参议员以其精简的优势赢得了第三任期,胜过他的民主党挑战者。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRazor-thin is used with these nouns:
    • majority
    • margin
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