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

• The Treasury made a last-ditch attempt to intervene.
  财政部作最后的努力进行干预。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hostage taking is a last-ditch effort.
  人质挟持是最后的努力。
• Mr Qaddafi's also says will and his people together guard until the flow in a last-ditch tripoli a drop of blood.
  卡扎菲还称将与他的人民一起守卫的黎波里，直至流尽最后一滴血。
• And now they have come up with a last-ditch plan to avert Meltdown: a plan designed to harness the untapped resources of its migrant community people like Kwasi, whose youth, ambition and skills Germany needs to keep its economic engine running.
  目前他们已提出最后一招，以避免彻底崩溃：一个旨在利用未开发资源，即其移民群体的计划德国需要像夸西这样人，用他们青春、雄心和技术，确保它的经济引擎继续运行。
• Mr Cameron also puts party hostilities aside to back a last-ditch plan unveiled by his former foe Gordon Brown to fast-track new powers for Edinburgh.
  卡梅伦还把党派的敌对先搁置一边，全力推进其之前的对手戈登布朗公布的一则计划，作为最后防线，计划将快速为爱丁堡提供新动力。
• 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。
• 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。
• The proposed deal would be a last-ditch attempt to revive the Doha round before a US law enhancing President George W. Bush's authority to negotiate trade pacts expires later this year.
  一项增强乔治•布什（GeorgeW.Bush）总统贸易协议谈判授权的法案将于今年晚些时候到期，而上述拟议中的协议，将是该法案到期前重启多哈回合谈判的最后一次努力。