1.too close to call 勢均力敵，勝負難分

The election was almost too close to call, but in the end, the Republicans had the majority.

選舉難分軒輊，但最終共和黨獲得了多數選票&wjSjlmDf]tit1Kj。

2.eke out 竭力維持

They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.

他們靠在垃圾場撿垃圾維持著朝不保夕的生活&VonIs4.]6v。

3.teeter on the brink/edge of sth 處在（災難或危險）的邊緣

The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.

這個國家正處在內戰的邊緣p2eWk&|F0zV1#。

4.a far cry from 與……有很大差別

It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in 1990, when he won three tournaments on the European tour.

這和1990年的那些美好時光迥然不同，當時他在歐洲巡回賽中贏了三場錦標賽t#DN]qpgO*IR*zXj~3k=。