1·The car missed us by inches.
那辆车险些撞到了我们。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The bullet missed him by two inches.
子弹只差两英寸就击中他了。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·The bullet missed her by about six inches.
子弹从她身边飞过，离她大约只有六英寸。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·The bullet missed her by a matter of inches.
子弹几乎擦着她的身体飞过。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·He was the shortest in his own family, and he was even shorter than his little sister—by three inches!
他是家里最矮的，甚至比他的小妹妹还矮3英寸！
6·Huffing and puffing in the curb lane, traffic whizzing by just inches away, the man pedaling the cyclo is quickly left behind.
就在这名骑着三轮车的男子在路沿边喘息的功夫，车辆在几英寸外呼啸而去，他就迅速被甩在后面了。
7·She will start with a low one-inch heel and build up to a towering five inches by the age of 23, as she teeters into womanhood.
随着她从女孩变成女人，她将从1英寸的低跟开始，到23岁时逐渐增加到5英寸的高跟。