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

• 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。
• A last-ditch fight with clubs and bare hands.
  用木棍和拳头作的殊死一搏。
• 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。
• North Korea has admitted that technical problems might make it delay a rocket launch, as Seoul pursues a last-ditch attempt to persuade its neighbour to abandon the plan.
  朝鲜承认，由于出现技术问题，该国可能被迫推迟既定的火箭发射。韩国仍在为说服邻国放弃发射计划而做着最后的努力。
• Analysts said that the rate increase might be a last-ditch move by the Russian government to try to contain the drop in the currency without adopting controls on the flow of capital or other more extensive measures to keep money in the country.
  分析师认为，加息可能是政府在不采取控制措施阻止资本外流或动用其他把钱留在国内的大举措的情况下，推出的挽救货币贬值的最后一招。
• 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；
• 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。
• One aim of this higher visibility is to emphasize to the dark that any last-ditch attempts at disruption will not be tolerated by us.
  我们更多的可见度其中一个目的便是向那些黑暗势力强调，我们不会容忍任何他们想阻止这些最后一搏的尝试。
• 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。