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

• It was desperate last-ditch attempt to salvage the situation.
  这是挽回局势的背水一战。
• The possibility of a last-ditch resistance by the enemy should not be dismissed.
  敌人负隅顽抗的可能性是不可不加考虑的。
• Hostage taking is a last-ditch effort.
  人质挟持是最后的努力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's the last-ditch fight for them.
  这就是他们生死存亡的最后一搏了。
• Her husband whomped up a last-ditch dinner.
  她丈夫迫于无奈，匆匆做了一顿晚饭。
• The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany arrived in Minsk on Wednesday for last-ditch talks aimed at agreeing a ceasefire in the 10-month conflict in eastern Ukraine, even as fighting raged on the ground.
  乌克兰、俄罗斯、法国和德国的领导人周三抵达明斯克进行最后努力，目的是针对乌克兰东部持续10个月的冲突达成停火协议，即便交战仍在激烈进行中。