和…的小冲突；与…的摩擦
a situation in which you experience something, or almost experience something, especially something unpleasant
Jim had a brush with death (= was nearly killed) on the motorway. 吉姆在高速公路上差点丧命。
Was that your first brush with the law (= experience of being in trouble with the police)? 那是你第一次和警察打交道吗？
It was her brush with mortality - a cancer scare last year - that made Evans rethink her career.
After his latest brush with infamy, the footballer is keen to stay out of the tabloids and is keeping a low profile.
She had a brush with stardom in the eighties as a member of a minor pop band.
See also: brush noun (TOUCH)