last
det. 最近过去的
adj. 最近的; 最后的; 最后剩下的
adv. 上次; 最后地
pron. 最后的人
v. 持续; 使继续存在; 坚持下去; 维持原状; 够用
n. 鞋楦
You use last in expressions such as last Friday ,last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year.
I got married last July...
我在刚过去的7月里结了婚。
He never made it home at all last night...
他昨晚根本没回家。
The last event, person, thing, or period of time is the most recent one.
Much has changed since my last visit...
从我上次去到现在,很多事情已经变了。
At the last count inflation was 10.9 per cent...
最近一次统计显示通胀率为10.9%。
If something last happened on a particular occasion, that is the most recent occasion on which it happened.
When were you there last?...
你上次去是什么时候?
The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it...
那房子比我上次见到时更破旧了些。
The last thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes after all the others of the same kind.
This is his last chance as prime minister.
这是他作为首相的最后机会。
...the last three pages of the chapter...
该章最后3页
If you do something last, you do it after everyone else does, or after you do everything else.
I testified last...
我最后一个作证。
I was always picked last for the football team at school...
在学校里分队踢足球时,我总是最后被挑的那一个。
If you are the last to do or know something, everyone else does or knows it before you.
She was the last to go to bed...
她最后一个上床。
Riccardo and I are always the last to know what's going on.
我和里卡尔多总是最后才知道发生什么事情。
Last is used to refer to the only thing, person, or part of something that remains.
Jed nodded, finishing off the last piece of pizza.
杰德点点头,把最后一块比萨饼吃完。
...the freeing of the last hostage.
最后一名人质的获释
You use last before numbers to refer to a position that someone has reached in a competition after other competitors have been knocked out.
Sampras reached the last four at Wimbledon.
桑普拉斯杀入了温布尔登四强。
...the only woman among the authors making it through to the last six.
进入最后6人名单的唯一一位女作家
You can use last to indicate that something is extremely undesirable or unlikely.
The last thing I wanted to do was teach...
我最不想干的事情就是教书。
He would be the last person who would do such a thing.
他最不可能干这种事情。
The last you see of someone or the last you hear of them is the final time that you see them or talk to them.
She disappeared shouting, 'To the river, to the river!' And that was the last we saw of her...
她高喊着“往河里去,往河里去!”然后就消失了。那是我们最后一次看到她的情形。
I had a feeling it would be the last I heard of him.
我有一种感觉,这将是我最后一次听到他的消息。
If an event, situation, or problem lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to exist or happen for that length of time.
The marriage had lasted for less than two years...
这段婚姻维持了不到两年。
The games lasted only half the normal time...
比赛只持续了通常时间的一半。
If something lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to be able to be used for that time, for example because there is some of it left or because it is in good enough condition.
You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages...
每次只需一点点胶水而已,因此一管可以用很长时间。
The repaired sail lasted less than 24 hours...
修好的帆支撑了不到24小时。
You can use last in expressions such as last the game ,last the course, and last the week, to indicate that someone manages to take part in an event or situation right to the end, especially when this is very difficult for them.
They wouldn't have lasted the full game...
他们本不可能撑完整场比赛的。
I almost lasted the two weeks. I only had a couple of days to do.
我几乎撑过了这两个星期。我只有几天时间去做。
If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
I'm so glad that we've found you at last!...
我们终于找到你了,我真是太高兴了!
Here, at long last, was the moment he had waited for...
他等待已久的时刻终于到来。
You use expressions such as the night before last ,the election before last and the leader before last to refer to the period of time, event, or person that came immediately before the most recent one in a series.
It was the dog he'd heard the night before last...
他前晚听到的是狗叫声。
In the budget before last a tax penalty on the mobile phone was introduced.
上上次的预算案中对移动电话引入了惩罚性税收。
If someone breathes their last, they die.
You can use phrases such as the last but one, the last but two, or the last but three, to refer to the thing or person that is, for example, one, two, or three before the final person or thing in a group or series.
It's the last but one day in the athletics programme...
那是田径比赛结束的前一天。
The British team finished last but one.
英国队位列倒数第二。
You use every last to emphasize that you are talking about all the people or things in a group or all the parts of something.
I'd spent all I had, every last penny...
我把钱全部花光了,一分不剩。
You'll never quite get rid of every last bit of grit...
无法把所有的沙砾都清除干净。
The expression last in, first out is used to say that the last person who started work in an organization should be the first person to leave it, if fewer people are needed.
Workers will go on a 'last in, first out' basis.
对工人的裁员原则是“后进先出”。
You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
The last I heard, Joe and Irene were still happily married.
我最近一次听说时,乔和艾琳仍然是一对快乐的夫妻。
If you leave something or someone until last, you delay using, choosing, or dealing with them until you have used, chosen, or dealt with all the others.
I have left my best wine until last...
我把最好的酒留到了最后。
I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。
If you see the last of someone, you do not expect to see them or deal with them again.
I honestly thought I'd seen the last of you.
老实说我以为再也不用见到你了。
If you say that something goes on happening to the last, you mean that it happens throughout the whole of a book, film, or event.
...a highly readable political thriller with plenty of twists of plot to keep you guessing to the last.
一部可读性极强的政治惊悚小说,情节峰回路转,不到最后一刻绝对猜不中结局
If you say that someone is a particular kind of person to the last, you are emphasizing that they continue to be that kind of person.
A gentleman to the last, he did not run, but merely attempted to stroll away...
他始终保持绅士风度,没有拔脚就跑,只是试图移步走开。
Armstrong was tall and handsome to the last.
阿姆斯特朗从来都是这么高大、英俊。
You use expressions such as to the last detail and to the last man to indicate that a plan, situation, or activity includes every single person, thing, or part involved.
Every movement, no matter how casual and spontaneous, needs to be worked out to the last detail...
对每一个动作,无论它显得多么随意和无意识,都不能放过一丝细节。
Our troops are being used up to the last man.
我们的部队已人尽其用。
1. the temporal end; the concluding time;
2. the last or lowest in an ordering or series;
3. a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do;
4. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;
5. a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
6. a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
7. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence;
8. holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
1. persist or be long; in time;
2. continue to live; endure or last;
1. immediately past;
2. coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining;
3. occurring at or forming an end or termination;
4. conclusive in a process or progression;
5. most unlikely or unsuitable;
6. occurring at the time of death;
7. not to be altered or undone;
8. lowest in rank or importance;
9. highest in extent or degree;
10. in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style;
1. more recently than any other time;
2. the item at the end;
final, last, ultimate
这些形容词均有"最终的,最后的"之意。
persist, last, endure, continue
这些动词均含有"持续"之意。
in the (或 as a) last resort
—— one's last
最后一次做
last but not least
最后的但并非最不重要的
last ditch
孤注一掷,背水一战
one's (或 the) last gasp
last orders
[酒吧告知顾客即将打烊]最后一次点酒
the last straw
last thing
深夜(尤指睡前)最后做的事
on one's last legs
at last
终于:一段相当长的时间之后;最终
at long last
好容易才:经过一段长期而艰辛的等待或耽搁
His performance at the concert last night proved that he is in the top flight of international pianists.
昨晚他在音乐会上的演奏证明他在国际钢琴家中居首位.
May the friendship between the peoples of ( our ) two countries last forever.
祝两国人民的友谊万古长青.
His son joined the army last year.
他儿子去年入伍.
At ( long ) last he knew the meaning of life.
终于,他知道了生命的意义.
The last edition of this newspaper goes to press at 6 p.m.
该报的最后一版下午六点钟付印.