last-ditch

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a. 最后的, 极限的, 坚持到最后的

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last ditch

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.

    习语

    a last-ditch attack

    He sent flowers in a last-ditch effort to keep her from leaving.

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词源

Popularized and given its current sense through an 1847 translation by Agnes Strickland of a quote attributed to William of Orange during the French invasion of 1672 on his being advised to surrender Holland to Louis XIV: "No, I mean to die in the last ditch."

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