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基本英英词源搭配记法近义反义例句例句
adj.最后防线的³⁴;已无后退余地的³³;坚持到最后的³³
Adjective:
of something done as a final recourse especially to prevent a crisis or disaster;a last-ditch attempt 据传，该词源出英国国王威廉三世William III of Great Britain，1650 - 1702。威廉生于海牙，1672年出任尼德兰联省共和国军队统帅，率军与入侵的英法两国军队交战，一度失利。英法两国国王提出苛酷的和约条款，他拒绝接受。为了确保他的国家不被灭亡，他说，“I will die in the last ditch．”我要奋战到底。他开始重建军队，终于取得了胜利，并在1689年登上英国国王的宝座。按字面义，ditch原指“壕沟”或“防御壕”，last ditch就是“最后的防御壕”，即“最后的防线”，如今一般多用于喻义，而且常用作形容词，表示“已无后退余地的”、“坚持到底的”或“拼死的”。例如：I made one last-ditch effort to get her to stay.为了把她挽留下来我作了最后努力。／If the enemy refuse to surrender，we shall fight to the last ditch.敌人不投降，我们就打到底。die in the last ditch战半到底奋战而死…last-ditch attempt最后一搏be driven to the last ditch陷入绝境last ditch最后防线绝境…fight to the last ditch打到底
last-ditch⇒adj.最后防线的³⁴;已无后退余地的³³;坚持到最后的³³近义词 last持续final最终的desperate绝望的last-minute最后一刻的
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A few days into his sales drive he was even forced to resort to his last-ditch argument— telling Congress that it cannot stop him even if it wants to.
在推销活动开展几天之后，他迫于无奈，竟然做出毫无挽回余地的争辩——告诉国会，即使它想要阻止，也无计可施。 ecocn
In what was seen as a last-ditch attempt to mitigate his punishment, the73-year-old defendant had made an emotional statement to court this morning.
今天早上，看上去像是为了减轻对他的刑罚，这个73岁的被告向法官做了一番充满感情的演讲。 yeeyan
Last year, as Western nations harried Sri Lanka over the conduct of its brutal last-ditch battle with Tamil Tiger rebels, China moved in.
去年，当西方国家对于斯里兰卡与垂死挣扎的猛虎组织之间发生的残酷战斗而对该国感到不胜其扰时，中国却开始介入。 blog.sina.com.cn |