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last-ditch

英 [ˌlɑːst ˈdɪtʃ]

美 [ˌlæst ˈdɪtʃ]

adj.  作最后努力(或尝试)的; 孤注一掷的

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牛津词典

    adj.

    • 作最后努力(或尝试)的;孤注一掷的
      used to describe a final attempt to achieve sth, when there is not much hope of succeeding
      1. She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.
        她动了心脏移植手术,这是为挽救她的生命而作的最后一次努力。

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ 孤注一掷的;最后一搏的
      Alast-ditchaction is done only because there are no other ways left to achieve something or to prevent something happening. It is often done without much hope that it will succeed.
      1. ...a last-ditch attempt to prevent civil war.
        阻止内战发生的最后努力
      2. ...a desperate, last-ditch counterattack.
        孤注一掷的反击

    英英释义

    adj

    • of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster)
      1. a last-ditch attempt

    双语例句

    • President Barack Obama phoned congressional leaders on Wednesday from Hawaii before cutting short his Christmas break to fly overnight back to Washington in a last-ditch effort to revive talks on the budget.
      周三,总统巴拉克奥巴马(BarackObama)在夏威夷致电国会领袖。随后他缩短了自己的圣诞假期,连夜飞回华盛顿,试图付出最后的努力重启预算谈判。
    • Teachers, colleagues, Yes, let us make a last-ditch pumping a wire;
      老师们,同行们,是春蚕,就让我们抽尽最后一根丝;
    • It's the last-ditch fight for them.
      这就是他们生死存亡的最后一搏了。
    • It was desperate last-ditch attempt to salvage the situation.
      这是挽回局势的背水一战。
    • Diouf was sent on in a last-ditch attempt to net an equaliser, after Edin Dzeko scored his first Premier League goal to give City the lead.
      迪乌夫有一个扳平比分的机会,在比赛中哲科打进了自己在EPL的第一个进球。
    • Looking to sell its asset-management business sounds like a last-ditch move.
      出售资产管理业务听起来似乎是雷曼兄弟的无奈之举。
    • She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.
      她动了心脏移植手术,这是为挽救她的生命而作的最后一次努力。
    • Barack Obama is cutting short his Christmas break in Hawaii to return to Washington for last-ditch budget negotiations to try to avert the large tax rises and spending cuts that kick in on January 1.
      巴拉克奥巴马(barackobama)提前结束了在夏威夷的圣诞休假,返回华盛顿,为预算谈判做最后努力,希望避免将于明年1月1日生效的大幅增税和减支。
    • BUSH: The initiative comes at least in part in response to pressure from Arab allies to make a last-ditch effort to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before Bush steps down in14 months.
      布什:至少部分的主动权力是为了应对布什在14个月内辞职前来自阿拉伯联盟最后的努力要挑起巴以的冲突。
    • Their only chance to protect their hometown is to put the'pedal to the medal'in a last-ditch scheme to save their county.
      保护他们的家乡的他们的唯一的机会将在一个最后沟的保留他们的县的计划放这块'到这枚奖章的踏板'。