last-ditch

英 [ˌlɑːst ˈdɪtʃ]

美 [ˌlæst ˈdɪtʃ]

adj.  作最后努力(或尝试)的; 孤注一掷的

Collins.1

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

• The European Axis Powers have sensed it, and Hitler is adopting a desperate last-ditch policy.
  欧洲轴心国是感到了这一变化的；希特勒采取了最后挣扎的政策。
• Thousands of people began queuing on Wednesday, in a last-ditch attempt to secure a ticket for the Olympics.
  星期三有上千人开始排队，为获得奥运会门票做最后的尝试。
• It's the last-ditch fight for them.
  这就是他们生死存亡的最后一搏了。
• But, in a last-ditch effort, we had enrolled her in an experimental treatment program.
  但是，在义无反顾的努力下，我们让她参加了一个实验性的治疗项目。
• 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；
• Her husband whomped up a last-ditch dinner.
  她丈夫迫于无奈，匆匆做了一顿晚饭。
• Hostage taking is a last-ditch effort.
  人质挟持是最后的努力。
• It was desperate last-ditch attempt to salvage the situation.
  这是挽回局势的背水一战。
• When he passed the post office building, he stopped and sent Mrs Qin a last-ditch telegram.
  路过邮电局时，他抱着挣扎一下的想法又给秦老师打了个电报。
• He "downplayed" the possibility of holding last-ditch talks with Iraq in switzerland.
  他“淡化”了在瑞士与伊拉克进行最后阶段谈判的可能性。