| 词汇 | the last minute |
| 释义 | the last minutethe last minute 1 the latest possible time before something happens 最后一刻 Travelers will find it hard to get a hotel room at the last minute. 旅游者会发现很难在最后一刻订到房间。 He never makes a decision until almost the last moment. 他从来都是等到差不多最后一刻才作决定。 Examples from the Corpus the last minute/moment• At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf, but it transforms itself at the last moment.• Fortunately, Chrysler dropped the idea for such a fin at the last minute.• I can not chuck them at the last minute.• Perhaps he could arrange for Anthony to go sick at the last minute.• The bends in the road came at the last moment.• At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him.• In Madrid Casado triumphed and at the last moment Communist power was broken.• At the last moment, it veered away and came to halt by a vent. → the last minute/moment at last1(1) 2 LATEthe last possible time, just before it is too late 最后一刻 at the last minute He cancelled his trip to England at the last minute. 他在最后一刻取消了去英国的行程。 until the last minute → last-minute If you leave your essay until the last minute, you’ll almost certainly panic. 如果你把文章一直拖到最后一刻再写，心里肯定会很慌。 Examples from the Corpus until the last minute• Negotiations continued, until the last minute, but the Town team were adamant and the organisers ruled that Jodi was ineligible.• She stood by the window waiting for Elvira until the last minute.• Aurangzeb's musketeers held their fire until the last minute, then discharged their entire artillery.• And if you leave it until the last minute, so what?• He led her on right until the last minute.• In all cases, you would be wise to avoid waiting until the last minute.• By waiting until the last minute, donors can sometimes escape attention in the hectic time before an election.• I could see myself just planning on going away for a weekend sometime and not planning on where until the last minute. → the last minute at minute1(1) |
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