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

• 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。
• 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。
• Barack Obama is cutting short his Christmas break in Hawaii to return to Washington for last-ditch budget negotiations to try to avert the large tax rises and spending cuts that kick in on January 1.
  巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）提前结束了在夏威夷的圣诞休假，返回华盛顿，为预算谈判做最后努力，希望避免将于明年1月1日生效的大幅增税和减支。
• 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。
• Hostage taking is a last-ditch effort.
  人质挟持是最后的努力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her husband whomped up a last-ditch dinner.
  她丈夫迫于无奈，匆匆做了一顿晚饭。
• 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。
• 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。