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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Last-ditch efforts by the researchers and the bureau to prevent the uprooting failed.
  这组科研人员和该局阻止茄子植株被拔掉的最后举措失败了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A last-ditch fight with clubs and bare hands.
  用木棍和拳头作的殊死一搏。
• It's the last-ditch fight for them.
  这就是他们生死存亡的最后一搏了。
• 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；
• Her husband whomped up a last-ditch dinner.
  她丈夫迫于无奈，匆匆做了一顿晚饭。