标题: 请教OG第251题 [打印本页] 作者: excellent 时间: 2004-1-12 12:31 标题: 请教OG第251题 251. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
请问has survived a close brush with extinction是什么意思？