last ditch

基本解釋

Hostage taking is a last ditch effort. A desperate attempt to regain control over one's life.
人質(zhì)挾持是最後的努力，重新控制自己生活的絕望的努力。
The earliest use of "last ditch" was a literal one, signifying a last stand, a last defense against an aggressive enemy.
“最後一道溝”最初的意義如同字麪所說(shuō)，指的是對(duì)抗入侵的敵人時(shí)所佔(zhàn)據(jù)的最後據(jù)點(diǎn)和最後防線。
They fought to the last ditch in defence of freedom and of the interests of the people.
他們爲(wèi)保衛(wèi)自由和人民的利益而奮戰(zhàn)到底。

Israel has sent an intelligence chief and a top negotiator to Cairo in a last ditch effort to win the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The head of a string of pigs appeared, snout-up, over the ditch, and he had to screech to a stop and watch the rear of the last pig disappear shaking into the ditch on the other side.
這時(shí)候出現(xiàn)了一群豬，仰著鼻子走過(guò)水渠，他衹好用一個(gè)急剎車,目送著最後一衹豬大搖大擺地跨過(guò)水溝,消失在另一耑。
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One of those last ditch efforts that many of us have a fair bit of experience with.
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