英语词汇“last”的意思、释义、用法解释及翻译-春雷网

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adjective lɑːstlæst

1attributive Coming after all others in time or order; final.
最后的
they caught the last bus
他们赶上了末班车。
Example sentencesExamples
- Leaving his boyhood club was like closing the last page on a well-thumbed book.
- Walking back to Puraniya crossing would have made us miss the last bus to the campus.
- The two youngsters then missed the last bus back to Corsham, and decided they would walk back.
- Except the last few pages of the last chapter had a smudgy white line down the middle.
- Some lines had been added on the last page; but they had been so carefully erased as to be illegible.
- After the last supper on the final night, the team set off from the camp at midnight.
- Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus.
- I think that is what is wrapped up in the concession that you took us to on the last page of that document.
- We closed the last page knowing that maybe everything will be ok after all.
- St Jack on the last page of his journal reported nine influenza deaths at the mission.
- There is always one image from a book that stays with you after the last page has ended.
- Ironically, the teams are due to met again just six days after the final for the last league match of the season.
- Yesterday we sent the last page off to be printed, and went for a drink to celebrate.
- Be sure to look at the last page for the potato menu, a selection of no less than six potato sides.
- If you don't have the patience to wade through the jargon, just directly go to the last page.
- Sure enough, when we arrived at the bus station it turned out that the last bus had already left.
- After checking those out and a few other shops I managed to nick onto the last bus home to Huddersfield!
- Finally she reached the last page, the last bit of the story she had liked so much.
- The images conjured from her words linger long after the last page has been turned.
- It's a great read that will have your tongue hanging out to join in the odyssey by the last page.
Synonyms
rearmost, rear, hindmost, bringing up the rear, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest back, at the back (of the queue), aftermost, endmost, furthest behind, final, ultimate, most remote, remotest, furthest, utmost, extreme
closing, concluding, final, ending, end, finishing, ultimate, terminal, terminating
valedictory
later, latter
1. 1.1 Met with or encountered after any others.
  最后遇见的
  the last house in the village
  村子里最后看到的房子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was happening in the bus shelter and the nearby road of my bus stop, the last bus stop on the route.
2. 1.2 The lowest in importance or rank.
  最差的，最低的
  finishing in last place
  得了个倒数第一名。
  as complement he came last in the race
  这次赛跑他落在最后。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Last season, the Sharks finished last in the league in penalty killing.
  Not sure if we came last overall, I think we won some crayons though so it wasn't all bad.
  Albert the Great, seeking his fifth consecutive victory, finished last in the field of seven three-year-olds.
  Chad ranked last on the African list and 101st globally.
  Money came last on the list.
  Only six teams have finished last in their league in homers and reached the Series.
  That he came last with only 9 percent is a great victory in the battle against fascism.
  Flaming Bridle was subsequently disqualified and placed last in the field of eight.
  A muddled Mr North came last, answering only five correct questions in the allotted time.
  They ranked last in the majors in runs scored.
  Without Thomas' scheming, the Vikings might rank last against the pass.
3. 1.3the last The least likely or suitable.
  最不可能的，最不适合的
  he's the last person I'd turn to for help
  the last thing she needed was a husband
  她最不需要的就是一个丈夫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The last thing you want to do is to make a complacent audience feel more happy in their complacency.
  It was the last myth that anyone needed, least of all those who loathe the notion of intractability.
  The last thing it needs, then, is a gang of young yobs terrorising shoppers in the town centre.
  He's big and powerful and a strong boy: the last thing you want is to be in his way when he is running at you.
  The last thing he wanted was some young accounts exec showing him the money when he least expected it.
  That is the last thing a place with an economy largely dependent on the goodwill of visitors needs.
  I've worked hard for it and rest assured the last thing I will ever do is take it for granted.
  The last thing he and his wife have in mind is returning south with their tails between their legs.
  If this EP is her idea of a career move, the last place it seems likely to take her is the land of fame and fortune.
  The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again.
  The last thing they need is to witness, or be involved in, an act of violence against a member of staff.
  There is also a fear that their children will be taken away from them which is the last thing anyone wants.
  I am 18 years old and have my whole life ahead of me and the last thing I want in my life right now is a baby.
  I'm hoping that it will be benign as the last thing she needs is more radiotherapy.
  When taking out a student loan the last thing on most people's minds is how they intend to pay it back.
  The last thing I want when I go to the local bar or the local cinema is smoke clogging up my throat.
  If a site is named after a marine creature, that is usually the last creature you're likely to see.
  The donor goes through major surgery and the last thing we want is them to suffer complications.
  The adverse publicity generated by the hijacking was the last thing the airline needed.
  So the last thing the manager needs looming large are encounters with ghosts of seasons past.
  Synonyms
  least likely, most unlikely, most improbable, most reluctant
  least suitable, most unsuitable, most inappropriate, least appropriate, least wanted, least favourite
2attributive Most recent in time; latest.
上一次的，最近的
last year
去年。
postpositive your letter of Sunday last
你上星期日的来信。
Example sentencesExamples
- Their ordeal started after they retired to bed at about 10.30 last Thursday night.
- A French woman who was the victim of a vicious assault in Cork said last night her life is in ruins.
- The very successful Ladies football team won the junior title as recent as last year.
- He served two terms in prison last year, for dangerous driving and then for breaking a curfew order.
- A spokesman for the company last night refused to comment on the speculation linking him with the top job.
- However, this slump was the smallest in percentage terms since March of last year.
- Even if they are on the same points tally as this time last term, the confidence and enjoyment levels are both on the up.
- The judge said last night that he expected the terms of the new control orders to be very similar.
- The RMT has already had six days of strikes, the most recent of them last Friday and Saturday.
- In terms of finance alone, last night was the difference between digging gold or iron pyrites.
- The children and staff at the school said farewell to Mick at the end of term last week, but he has not quite finished.
- So really quite late last night, perhaps even after half past ten, I went into the kitchen.
- He looks set for another lucrative campaign and is selected to start off as he ended last term, on a winning note.
- We left quite late last night and we walked past the plant on the way out.
- On last Sunday night in the Drum Inn in Clogher, the massive Jackpot was up for grabs.
- They are not the result of lack of care this year, last year or indeed recent years.
- This is what appears to have happened with the most recent Games, staged last year in Athens.
- Where their rucking had been crisp and brutal last term, this time out it was hesitant and laboured.
- This is their second term in charge and last year proved to be an enjoyable one for all involved.
- Two great Test players of the past made quite a scene on a television show last night.
Synonyms
previous, preceding
latest, most recent
prior, former
1. 2.1 Immediately preceding in order; previous in a sequence or enumeration.
  上一个的，前一个的
  their last album
  他们的前一张专辑。
  this last point is critical
  刚提到的这一点很关键。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That last comment makes it clear that the previous observations of Forbes J were obiter dicta.
  Their live sound is rougher round the edges than the pristine sound on the last two albums.
  I haven't listened to the last album nearly as often as the red one or the green one.
  The set was drawn mostly from the last two albums, but the occasional early song fit in seamlessly.
  Her last album, All I Have went gold back in 2002, and this new one is said to be even better.
  Perhaps most significantly of all, a couple of the tracks on the last album don't sound Asian at all.
  With the last album only 11 months old, surely it is too soon for their inclusion?
  I haven't seen James or Michael since that last ball, I hope James wasn't too mad at me.
  He warns the technicians on the other side of the studio glass that he won't do anything from the last album.
  Not a vast change from the last album, but in a picking up the pace of my favourite tracks and staying on that track kind of way.
  It was also very dismissive of the last two albums, which was rather narrow minded.
  Did the last albums start with a desire to make an album for somebody who wouldn't buy it anyway?
  With the last album, fans said their favourite songs were the ones we wrote ourselves.
  Each of the last six recessions in the US was preceded by an inversion in the yield curve.
  Whereas the last album had the two killer singles, the rest was a mid-paced affair.
  We tried and failed but, if we leave anything, judge us by that last album.
  Thanks to recent controversy, this last visit has taken on a greater importance than usual.
  Their last album did extraordinarily well, and now people are looking to them to be the future of music.
  When we wrote the last album in Spain we managed to catch three matches over there.
3attributive Only remaining.
惟一的，仅存的
it's our last hope
这是我们仅存的希望。
Example sentencesExamples
- Lana moved to the back of the classroom and took the last remaining seat which happened to be next to the girl.
- It knows that the last remaining strong union in this country is to be found in the State sector.
- And numbers of the plant have dropped to worrying levels at its last remaining refuge.
- The last remaining light bulb in my bedroom light fixture is about to die and I'm not tall enough to reach it.
- We can expect the battle for the last remaining dregs of the fossil fuel fantasia to be vicious.
- It's probably among the last beacons of hope here, in that you can see a protest every couple of miles.
- Rosalind was the last to remain in the courtroom, watchful and concerned for her son.
- The last hope was the space under boulders into which our little stream sank.
- I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
- With scores level and one over remaining, the last pair were at the wicket.
- The batter was dry and crisp and remained so until the last scrap was eaten.
- That is exactly the posture we should welcome from the world's last remaining superpower.
- Indeed, the private college today is one of the last vestiges of hope in a desert of statism.
- Does this explain why it's so hard to get rid of the last remaining samples of the virus?
- They are the last bastion and hope we have for our citizens, and the evidence is very simple.
- A sudden clearing of the fog of confusion on the Tyne is English devolution's last hope.
- It has been said more than once that Simeon represents the last hope for Bulgarians.
- For a long period, Broadland was the last remaining major stronghold in the country.
- The last remaining days of March just flew by and before I could turn around twice mid April was upon me.
- She's got a baby on the way - in fact, she's the last remaining pregnant lady on the planet.
Synonyms
final, only remaining, only one left

adverb lɑːstlæst

1On the last occasion before the present; previously.
在此前最后；（在）上一次
a woman last heard of in Cornwall
最后一次在康沃尔郡听说过的女人。
Example sentencesExamples
- Mrs Castell last heard from her son when he was in Kuwait, two days before the war began on March 20.
- The former must be assumed dead by now, and the latter was last heard of working in Switzerland.
- Mr Cooper last heard from the company on July 29 and is waiting to see how things progress.
- The deceased was last seen and heard of when he said he was going to meet the appellant.
- Emma last heard from her husband two weeks ago when he told her was safe and well.
- He was last heard of trying to establish a business as a transfer adviser.
- We were at the first crossroads, where I had last seen him four nights previously.
2in combination After all others in order or sequence.
按次序排在最后
the last-named film
最后提到的一部电影。
3(especially in enumerating points) lastly.
尤用于列举要点最后
and last, I'd like to thank you all for coming
最后，我要感谢诸位光临。

noun lɑːstlæst

1The last person or thing; the one occurring, mentioned, or acting after all others.
最后的人（事物），最后发生（或提到，行动）的一个
the last of their guests had gone
他们最后的客人也走了。
he was eating as if every mouthful were his last
吃相好像是每吃一口都是最后一口。
Example sentencesExamples
- As for Prowse, he has no plans to return to the fray, but it might not be the last we hear from him.
- Hopefully it is not the last we will hear from a band with such talent and promise.
- Thought you had heard the last of the libel case involving some Borough staff at BoS?
- It is sufficient for present purposes to recite a passage in the last of these judgments.
- There would have been a Media Frenzy, we wouldn't have heard the last of it for months.
- The present charter expires in three years' time and must be the last in the present form.
- I have no doubt this court has not heard the last of the arguments that began in this case.
1. 1.1the last of The only part of something that remains.
  残余，剩余
  they drank the last of the wine
  他们喝了剩下的酒。
2. 1.2in singular The last position or finisher in a race or competition.
  Lion Cavern came from last in a slowly run race
  莱昂·加文在一次速度不快的赛跑中从末位往前移了。
3. 1.3the last The end or last moment, especially death.
  结束，最后时刻（尤指死亡）
  he was dead, having refused morphia to the last
  他死了，到死也拒绝吗啡。
  Synonyms
  end, ending, finish, close, conclusion, completion, finale, termination
  bitter end
4. 1.4the last The last mention or sight of someone or something.
  最后一次提及，最后一次看见
  that was the last we saw of her
  那是我们最后一次看见她。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That was the last I heard from the police until I started calling and writing regularly.
  The last she heard of him was a week ago, when a letter arrived at her Ayr home.
  The last I heard was that it would be July, but I doubt that we will see it going to air by July.
  Her sister Kathleen visited him in Surbiton before he joined, but that was the last the family heard of him.
  We can only hope that that will be the last we hear of it in this region.
  However, that was the last the whistleblower is said to have heard about the matter from Wallace.
  The last she heard from her husband was a cellphone call he made just after the plane struck.
  The last we heard of him was a piece in the newspaper describing a charge of cruelty to animals.
  Except the last my parents heard from the dealership was an invoice for the annual service.
  Then as I will be in Jozie for the next two days, this is the last you will hear from me this week.
  The last we heard from her was a text message saying she was getting on a bus.
  I saw him go to the estate instead of the cellar yesterday, but that was the last I heard of him.
  The last we ever hear of him, he is reportedly seeing a well known gay pop singer.
  But that was the last she heard from them until she visited the new Keighley office this month.
  That was pretty much the last I heard from him, and we haven't seen the money since.
  The last she heard from him was a goodbye note, telling her that by the time she had the letter he would already be at sea.
  If he were to stay at all true to his thesis, that surely would have been the last we heard of him.
  The last I heard of Andy was that Julie was in the club and they left, leaving just me Ross and Jacky again.
  The last I heard was that she was going to see the movie but I lost track of it.
  We just know that they were going to abandon the life raft and that was it, that was the last we heard.

Phrases

at last

In the end; after much delay.
最后，终于
you've come back to me at last!
你终于回到我身边啦！
Example sentencesExamples
- The second reason why I have confidence about the future is that, at long last, sponsors are taking a stand.
- Finally, at long last, much surfing on the net brought me to a site that had my mystery plant.
- Tired but home at last, the kid jumps out of the car and gently rubs his face.
- Swindon looks set to gain a new central library at long last.
- So I suspect this is one thing that we might get some information on, at long last.
- Yes it's excellently written and great at last to see a soap invented by a gay man finally able tell it like it is.
- It is good to know, at long last, that the party is ready to drop the pretence and face reality.
- In the past few weeks, I have, at last, mastered the video, just as it's on its way out.
- Coupled with the power in your house of partners, it's clear you are at last ready to settle down.
- John sent back some of his first earnings from Germany to Mimi, proud that he could help her at last.
Synonyms
finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately, at long last, after a long time, after a considerable time, in time, at the end of the day, in the fullness of time
lastly, in conclusion

— one's last

Do something for the last time.
the dying embers sparked their last
将灭的灰烬冒出最后火星。

last but not least

Last in order of mention or occurrence but not of importance.
最后的但并非最不重要的
last but not least Gary in midfield has been brilliant
last, but by no means least, much still needs to be done to improve public attitudes
Example sentencesExamples
- And last but not least, the investigation was closed with unseemly haste.
- And last but not least when planning permission was granted, all the residents of the building should have been informed and given a period in which to complain.
- And last but not least, the president has been issuing executive orders that have been implementing many of the ideas.
- And last but not least, I did not receive a text message from the ex.
- And last but not least, I've become depressed, noncommittal, and grossly pessimistic.
- And last but not least, we've finally scheduled the next several shows!
- And last but not least, there were the merchandise stalls that popped up between the chicken foot and polyester tracksuit outlets along the street.
- And last but not least, you know, when somebody has that type of a debilitating disease, they feel they need to work, they have to work.
- And last but not least, what about patient care?
- The components of the parrot cage is the last but not least of the important aspects when buying parrot cages.

the last minute

The latest possible time before an event.
the visit was cancelled at the last minute
Example sentencesExamples
- This tendency can result in the writing being left until the last minute and consequently rushed.
- Eight more couples were forced to move their ceremonies at the last minute to avoid them being null and void.
- But they might be happy with the point as they were two down and equalised only in the last minute.
- This year schools did not find out about an increase in teacher pension costs until the last minute.
- Luckily, my situation has since changed, thanks to various ships coming in at the last minute.
- Speaking yesterday on a visit to Harwich, he vowed to fight for every vote right up until the last minute.
- It dipped low towards the runway, but what appeared to be a planned landing was aborted at the last minute.
- When it comes to our finances, we love to leave things until the last minute.
- Keep salads, cheeses, dips and other perishable food in the fridge until the last minute.
- A cricket match had to be cancelled at the last minute after someone dug up part of the cricket square.
- Stay calm and do your best and remember do not leave everything until the last minute.
- She would not contemplate leaving the holiday booking to the last minute in the hope of a late discount.
- Many people leave arrangements until the last minute and this can complicate matters.
- They have been planning the trip for nearly a year it would be devastating for them to be turned away at the last minute.
- I never get anything done until the last minute, so maybe I need that extra push to do anything.
- It would be extremely unwise to wait until the last minute to effect a changeover plan.
- When it comes to organising holidays, we can never make up our minds and try not to commit until the last minute.
- She lies in the road and leaps out of the way of cars at the last minute.
- Then he said the car turned towards the pavement but the driver appeared to change her mind at the last minute.
- They've had 12 months to get the policy pinned down, and yet it is left to the last minute.

last orders

(in a bar or pub) said to inform customers that closing time is approaching and that any further drinks should be purchased immediately.
酒吧告知顾客即将打烊要点酒请从速时说的话最后一次点酒
last orders, gentlemen, please
先生们，这是最后一次点酒了，请抓紧！
Example sentencesExamples
- But the pair will not dash off on their honeymoon after last orders because they want to keep the drinks flowing until after New Year.
- Long past last call, the two finally wander off out the door, only to have a third wheel catch up to them outside the club.
- For last call, you ordered a bottle of rum and a Coke.
- Showed up just in time for the last call of dollar drinks.
- No longer will we have to rush to get the drinks in before last orders at 11 o'clock when new licensing laws introduce continental style late opening hours for bars and pubs.
- And extending a convivial night's drinking after last orders has been called is a long standing Dales custom.
- The other returns to the table, it's getting close to last orders so shorter drinks with higher alcohol content are the very thing.
- It will help get away from binge drinking and drinking vast amounts before last orders.
- It's not that I want half-day closing and last orders at 10.30 pm.
- Most people have had enough to drink when last orders are called at 2am.

last thing

Late in the evening, especially as a final act before going to bed.
（尤指睡前）最后做的事
I think having that cup of tea last thing at night really helps
我认为晚上睡前喝那样一杯茶很有好处。
Example sentencesExamples
- If you go last thing in the evening to the amphitheatre you might leave with a tear or two.
- I want to dump it into a cradle last thing at night, where it will charge up again ready for the next night.
- If a man irritates a woman she is not going to wait until the last thing at night to express her annoyance.

the last word

1The final or definitive pronouncement on or decision about a subject.
he's always determined to have the last word
Example sentencesExamples
- And yet it is difficult to get this message across when journalists themselves always have the last word.
- That there is only one of Him is not just a first approximation, it is also the last word on the subject, and it makes the concept of Godhead a notably tense one.
- And on this it is I, together with my colleagues in the Commons, who will have the last word.
- Ailsa would have the last word on that count: Norman missed the 54-hole cut.
- Even in the mixed teams, it's the girls that are squabbling and always having to have the last word.
- In the end, however, randomness will have the last word; and therefore the sole solution left to us is dignity.
- It is unlikely to provide the last word on the subject, but its findings will have a huge effect on the alternative health industry either way.
- No one person may always have the last word just for the sake of having the last word.
- That is why York residents must have the last word on their redevelopment.
- She stands her ground in an argument, she likes to have the last word but at the same time she can be very compliant and wants to please.
Synonyms
final decision, summation, final statement, definitive statement, conclusive comment
ultimatum
concluding remark, final remark, final say, closing statement, parting shot, Parthian shot
2The finest or most modern, fashionable, or advanced example of something.
the new flat is the last word in luxury
Example sentencesExamples
- This was back in the days when Genesis were considered to be the last word in cool by a certain strata of English youth.
- Charlotte Square is the last word in Georgian elegance, but on a November afternoon it's an underpopulated place.
- Spread across five-storeys, it's perhaps the last word in quality, style and taste.
- Is it still the last word in the vital, thrusting youth culture?
- It's the last word in dramatic decadence, rippling with eroticism.
- The company whose locomotive pulled it could boast that it was a state of the art vehicle, the last word in design and comfort.
- This is almost the last word in Scots renaissance detailing, but it would take a lot of work to make it feel like a real home
- Do you think salt-and-pepper is the last word in style, or would you rather dye than reveal your roots - and your age?
- Treatments here are the last word in relaxation and cover just about everything you can imagine and much else you might only have dreamed of.
- Composting is the last word in recycling and great for cutting emissions.
Synonyms
the best, the peak, the acme, the epitome, the quintessence, the most fashionable, the most up to date, the latest, the newest
the pinnacle, the apex, the apogee, the cream, the ultimate, the height, the zenith, the utmost, the nonpareil, the crème de la crème, the ne plus ultra, the dernier cri, the beau idéal
archaic the nonesuch

Origin

Old English latost (adverb) 'after all others in a series', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late.

Rhymes

aghast, avast, Belfast, blast, cast, caste, contrast, fast, mast, miscast, outlast, past, unsurpassed, vast

last²

verb lɑːstlæst

[no object]

1with adverbial (of a process, activity, or state) continue for a specified period of time.
（过程，活动，状态）持续，继续
the guitar solo lasted for twenty minutes
吉他独奏持续了20分钟。
childhood seems to last forever
童年似乎永远不会结束。
Example sentencesExamples
- People who suffer from autism have a low concentration span, so each activity lasts no longer that half an hour.
- The whole process lasts about one hour and is perhaps the best 60 minutes you could spend in Manila.
- There are some rumours to suggest that the social activity lasted almost as long as the golf!
- The whole process lasted less than three minutes.
- A typical Alexander lesson lasts for 40 minutes and consists of two parts.
- The campaign lasted 30 minutes, and it would continue for a week in all schools.
- It sounds like a series of ‘chips’ and may be delivered in a single continuous bout lasting ten minutes or longer.
- During the past century periods of increased activity have lasted 25 to 30 years.
- The longer the process lasts, the faster the printing presses have to run in an effort to maintain stability.
- The move - after a protracted sale process lasting 30 months - was welcomed by analysts.
- It's also free, for now; you don't pay any more than you do for a text message, although how long this happy state of affairs lasts isn't certain.
- During the past hundred years, the periods of increased activity have lasted about 25 to 40 years.
- The activity lasted for 15 minutes, when the light turn off.
- One additional mechanism, however, may have its greatest importance in activities lasting from a few minutes to half an hour.
- A consultative process lasting some six years led to the flawed proposition, which was rejected by a slender majority of those who actually voted.
- But today, the advantage that you get from outthinking the competition lasts an incredibly short period of time.
- No one knows exactly when the tradition got started in St Lucia but the event is celebrated with gusto and much frivolity with activities lasting up to a week.
- Her conscious state had only lasted about a minute when they came in the room again.
- This stage, which centers on colony growth lasts for a period ranging from four months to five years, depending on the species of ant.
- This whole thought process lasted only a few seconds.
Synonyms
continue, go on, carry on, keep on, keep going, run on, proceed, be prolonged
take
stay, remain, persist, endure
2Continue to operate or remain usable for a considerable or specified length of time.
耐用，持久
the car is built to last
这车造得很耐用。
a lip pencil lasts longer than lipstick
唇线笔比口红耐用。
Example sentencesExamples
- When on the go the, receiver relies on an internal Li-Ion battery that lasts approximately one hour.
- With 3 settings, it runs off 4 AA batteries and it lasts long enough for a decent length camping trip.
- Consider how long a cell-phone battery lasts in a benign environment.
- We told you about a clever bunch of scientists who've made a battery that could last for decades.
- ‘I was worried about my car lasting to the end considering that all the motors come from the same place,’ he said.
- The main guy was amazed the battery had lasted so long - it was the original one, and the car is eight years old.
- It also has an internal microphone, speakers and a battery that lasts for six hours
- The satellite's batteries lasted about three weeks.
- Battery life lasts longer than a round trip train journey between Kilkenny and Dublin.
- We have a cell phone, but it tends to reside in a drawer in the kitchen, not in her purse, as the battery only lasts about 5 hours, even if you don't use it.
- Lithium batteries, lasting up to 10 years and costing £7, are available.
- The screen has a lithium-ion battery that lasts for three hours if you are willing to watch in the darkest, energy-saving mode.
- The fish's battery lasts for up to five hours, though the scientists hope to one day program it to search for and access a recharging station when it runs low.
- It runs on a battery that lasts at least twelve months, and the inventor claims the sound quality is excellent.
- Its battery lasts 12 hours (as opposed to eight), and is easily changed for a new one when the first runs out.
- In everyday terms, the charge in the batteries containing carbon nanotubes lasts longer.
- My experience with flashlights is that they work for 5 minutes, and then get very, very dim, so how is it that these batteries lasted so damn long?
- Also, my laptop battery lasts longer when it's not spinning the DVD drive for two hours.
- The battery lasts for ten hours between charges.
- Being able to play CDs on the go was a great idea, but the 4 AA batteries only lasted about 3 hours, so I didn't end up using it all that much.
Synonyms
endure, wear well, stand up, keep going, bear up
withstand, resist
informal go the distance
1. 2.1 Manage to continue in a state or position; survive or endure.
  she managed to last out until the end of the programme
  她最终坚持到节目结束。
  his condition is so serious that he won't last the night
  他病情很严重，活不过今晚了。
  how long does he reckon he'll last as manager?
  他估计自己当经理还有多久？
  Example sentencesExamples
  I would love to know how many people lasted until 8 am!
  It was one of the rare occasions when I didn't last the course, and I didn't write about it.
  I went to a party last night but only lasted about an hour and a half before I felt too inexplicably grumpy to stay any longer and left.
  He has lasted the course in one of the most turbulent eras in South African rugby.
  I'm not entirely sure that I'm going to last out the full length of the working day.
  Not just that night, we lasted for the last two months of junior year.
  So a final of twelve people lasts twelve weeks - ten evictions, a final and then a show in which the result is announced.
  This was the third grand prix in which Brabham had intended to use a fuel stop, but so far neither Piquet nor his team-mate Riccardo Patrese had lasted sufficiently deep into a race.
  Well, the greatest reward in World War II was survival, if you lasted through it.
  If he lasts long enough to have impressionists take note of him, his impression wouldn't be that different to John Major, just with a slightly different voice.
  No coach lasted longer or won more games in the Southwest Conference.
  I seem to remember that I managed to last out, but by the end I felt distinctly nauseous.
  Heskey was one of the returning wounded and lasted long enough to do decisive damage.
  Synonyms
  survive, endure, hold on, hold out, keep going, persevere, exist
  informal stick it out, hang on, stay around, hack it
2. 2.2 (of provisions or resources) be adequate or sufficient for a specified length of time.
  （供给，资源）足够（某人）用一定时期
  green peppers which had been served with their rice while supplies lasted
  with object he filled the freezer with enough food to last him for three months
  他在冰箱里装满足够吃三个月的食物。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A bag of dried food lasts for six months and costs €7.
  Hurry while stocks last and enjoy the work of a scholar who took great pride and pleasure in words.
  Enough food should be supplied to the Bushmen to last until the next harvest season.
  Buy now while stocks last because property prices in Bradford are set to soar over the next decade.
  After each trick the hands are replenished to four, so long as the stock lasts, the winner of the trick drawing first.
  The emergency food supplies wouldn't have lasted that long!
  The rule of thumb is that if a store has lasted over 30 years in this fickle climate then, clearly, the owners are experts deserving of your custom.
  Only when they were in the snows would they need to move as quickly as possible while their food supply lasted, and to avoid too many cold nights.
  One of the reasons we light candles on Chanukah is that the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days.
  Having threatened to kill himself he added that he had enough food to last 30 days.
  Iraq is thought to have sufficient food stocks to last only until the end of April.
  Last Thursday we had a fairly good supply with water lasting for six hours, Friday we had three hours of water but it went off at about 5pm and it was Saturday evening before we got water again.
  Bear in mind that this promotion will last for one week only or while stocks last, and then that's your lot.
  After that a few beers and then back to ours to play games - we'll probably stay up all night if the beer lasts!
  And despite all the equipment, he was usually lucky if the day's supply lasted until the following morning.
  Somehow, though, the fuel lasted long enough for T-Bone to evade the storm.
  This was an airplane that could take off and stay aloft as long as the fuel supply lasted, make turns and so forth.
  Preconditioned lady beetles will stay in your garden as long as the food supply lasts, eating aphids and laying eggs to produce larvae that also eat aphids.
  If neither of these happens, the hand is played out to the end, the players replenishing their hands after each trick while the stock lasts.
  Despite shortages of certain items like instant coffee, sugar, and most of our milk powder, the food was lasting well.

Origin

Old English lǣstan, of Germanic origin, related to German leisten 'afford, yield', also to last³.

last³

noun lɑːstlæst

A shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot.
鞋楦
Synonyms
mould, model, pattern, form, matrix
anvil
Northern English hobbing foot/boot

Origin

Old English lǣste, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'follow'; related to Dutch leest and German Leisten.

last¹

adjectivelastlæst

1Coming after all others in time or order; final.
最后的
they caught the last bus
他们赶上了末班车。
Example sentencesExamples
- We closed the last page knowing that maybe everything will be ok after all.
- Finally she reached the last page, the last bit of the story she had liked so much.
- Ironically, the teams are due to met again just six days after the final for the last league match of the season.
- If you don't have the patience to wade through the jargon, just directly go to the last page.
- I think that is what is wrapped up in the concession that you took us to on the last page of that document.
- Walking back to Puraniya crossing would have made us miss the last bus to the campus.
- There is always one image from a book that stays with you after the last page has ended.
- After the last supper on the final night, the team set off from the camp at midnight.
- Some lines had been added on the last page; but they had been so carefully erased as to be illegible.
- Sure enough, when we arrived at the bus station it turned out that the last bus had already left.
- It's a great read that will have your tongue hanging out to join in the odyssey by the last page.
- Yesterday we sent the last page off to be printed, and went for a drink to celebrate.
- After checking those out and a few other shops I managed to nick onto the last bus home to Huddersfield!
- Be sure to look at the last page for the potato menu, a selection of no less than six potato sides.
- Leaving his boyhood club was like closing the last page on a well-thumbed book.
- Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus.
- St Jack on the last page of his journal reported nine influenza deaths at the mission.
- The images conjured from her words linger long after the last page has been turned.
- The two youngsters then missed the last bus back to Corsham, and decided they would walk back.
- Except the last few pages of the last chapter had a smudgy white line down the middle.
Synonyms
rearmost, rear, hindmost, bringing up the rear, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest back, at the back, at the back of the queue, aftermost, endmost, furthest behind, final, ultimate, most remote, remotest, furthest, utmost, extreme
closing, concluding, final, ending, end, finishing, ultimate, terminal, terminating
1. 1.1 Met with or encountered after any others.
  最后遇见的
  the last house in the village
  村子里最后看到的房子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was happening in the bus shelter and the nearby road of my bus stop, the last bus stop on the route.
2. 1.2 The lowest in importance or rank.
  最差的，最低的
  finishing in last place
  得了个倒数第一名。
  as complement he came last in the race
  这次赛跑他落在最后。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Flaming Bridle was subsequently disqualified and placed last in the field of eight.
  Chad ranked last on the African list and 101st globally.
  They ranked last in the majors in runs scored.
  Only six teams have finished last in their league in homers and reached the Series.
  That he came last with only 9 percent is a great victory in the battle against fascism.
  Last season, the Sharks finished last in the league in penalty killing.
  Without Thomas' scheming, the Vikings might rank last against the pass.
  Albert the Great, seeking his fifth consecutive victory, finished last in the field of seven three-year-olds.
  A muddled Mr North came last, answering only five correct questions in the allotted time.
  Not sure if we came last overall, I think we won some crayons though so it wasn't all bad.
  Money came last on the list.
3. 1.3the last The least likely or suitable.
  最不可能的，最不适合的
  the last thing she needed was a husband
  她最不需要的就是一个丈夫。
  addicts are often the last people to face up to their problems
  瘾君子们常是最不能面对自身问题的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The last thing I want when I go to the local bar or the local cinema is smoke clogging up my throat.
  When taking out a student loan the last thing on most people's minds is how they intend to pay it back.
  I'm hoping that it will be benign as the last thing she needs is more radiotherapy.
  The last thing it needs, then, is a gang of young yobs terrorising shoppers in the town centre.
  The donor goes through major surgery and the last thing we want is them to suffer complications.
  He's big and powerful and a strong boy: the last thing you want is to be in his way when he is running at you.
  The last thing he and his wife have in mind is returning south with their tails between their legs.
  The last thing you want to do is to make a complacent audience feel more happy in their complacency.
  I've worked hard for it and rest assured the last thing I will ever do is take it for granted.
  There is also a fear that their children will be taken away from them which is the last thing anyone wants.
  It was the last myth that anyone needed, least of all those who loathe the notion of intractability.
  That is the last thing a place with an economy largely dependent on the goodwill of visitors needs.
  The last thing he wanted was some young accounts exec showing him the money when he least expected it.
  The adverse publicity generated by the hijacking was the last thing the airline needed.
  The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again.
  If this EP is her idea of a career move, the last place it seems likely to take her is the land of fame and fortune.
  I am 18 years old and have my whole life ahead of me and the last thing I want in my life right now is a baby.
  So the last thing the manager needs looming large are encounters with ghosts of seasons past.
  The last thing they need is to witness, or be involved in, an act of violence against a member of staff.
  If a site is named after a marine creature, that is usually the last creature you're likely to see.
  Synonyms
  least likely, most unlikely, most improbable, most reluctant
2Most recent in time; latest.
上一次的，最近的
last year
去年。
postpositive your letter of Sunday last
你上星期日的来信。
Example sentencesExamples
- He served two terms in prison last year, for dangerous driving and then for breaking a curfew order.
- Two great Test players of the past made quite a scene on a television show last night.
- They are not the result of lack of care this year, last year or indeed recent years.
- We left quite late last night and we walked past the plant on the way out.
- Even if they are on the same points tally as this time last term, the confidence and enjoyment levels are both on the up.
- In terms of finance alone, last night was the difference between digging gold or iron pyrites.
- So really quite late last night, perhaps even after half past ten, I went into the kitchen.
- This is their second term in charge and last year proved to be an enjoyable one for all involved.
- However, this slump was the smallest in percentage terms since March of last year.
- A spokesman for the company last night refused to comment on the speculation linking him with the top job.
- This is what appears to have happened with the most recent Games, staged last year in Athens.
- The children and staff at the school said farewell to Mick at the end of term last week, but he has not quite finished.
- Their ordeal started after they retired to bed at about 10.30 last Thursday night.
- The very successful Ladies football team won the junior title as recent as last year.
- He looks set for another lucrative campaign and is selected to start off as he ended last term, on a winning note.
- The judge said last night that he expected the terms of the new control orders to be very similar.
- Where their rucking had been crisp and brutal last term, this time out it was hesitant and laboured.
- On last Sunday night in the Drum Inn in Clogher, the massive Jackpot was up for grabs.
- A French woman who was the victim of a vicious assault in Cork said last night her life is in ruins.
- The RMT has already had six days of strikes, the most recent of them last Friday and Saturday.
Synonyms
previous, preceding
1. 2.1 Immediately preceding in order; previous in a sequence or enumeration.
  上一个的，前一个的
  their last album
  他们的前一张专辑。
  this last point is critical
  刚提到的这一点很关键。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When we wrote the last album in Spain we managed to catch three matches over there.
  Their live sound is rougher round the edges than the pristine sound on the last two albums.
  That last comment makes it clear that the previous observations of Forbes J were obiter dicta.
  We tried and failed but, if we leave anything, judge us by that last album.
  He warns the technicians on the other side of the studio glass that he won't do anything from the last album.
  Whereas the last album had the two killer singles, the rest was a mid-paced affair.
  Did the last albums start with a desire to make an album for somebody who wouldn't buy it anyway?
  I haven't listened to the last album nearly as often as the red one or the green one.
  Her last album, All I Have went gold back in 2002, and this new one is said to be even better.
  It was also very dismissive of the last two albums, which was rather narrow minded.
  With the last album only 11 months old, surely it is too soon for their inclusion?
  Perhaps most significantly of all, a couple of the tracks on the last album don't sound Asian at all.
  Their last album did extraordinarily well, and now people are looking to them to be the future of music.
  I haven't seen James or Michael since that last ball, I hope James wasn't too mad at me.
  Thanks to recent controversy, this last visit has taken on a greater importance than usual.
  Each of the last six recessions in the US was preceded by an inversion in the yield curve.
  The set was drawn mostly from the last two albums, but the occasional early song fit in seamlessly.
  With the last album, fans said their favourite songs were the ones we wrote ourselves.
  Not a vast change from the last album, but in a picking up the pace of my favourite tracks and staying on that track kind of way.
3Only remaining.
惟一的，仅存的
it's our last hope
这是我们仅存的希望。
Example sentencesExamples
- A sudden clearing of the fog of confusion on the Tyne is English devolution's last hope.
- It's probably among the last beacons of hope here, in that you can see a protest every couple of miles.
- Lana moved to the back of the classroom and took the last remaining seat which happened to be next to the girl.
- The last remaining days of March just flew by and before I could turn around twice mid April was upon me.
- Does this explain why it's so hard to get rid of the last remaining samples of the virus?
- We can expect the battle for the last remaining dregs of the fossil fuel fantasia to be vicious.
- I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
- They are the last bastion and hope we have for our citizens, and the evidence is very simple.
- The last hope was the space under boulders into which our little stream sank.
- The batter was dry and crisp and remained so until the last scrap was eaten.
- It knows that the last remaining strong union in this country is to be found in the State sector.
- That is exactly the posture we should welcome from the world's last remaining superpower.
- Indeed, the private college today is one of the last vestiges of hope in a desert of statism.
- She's got a baby on the way - in fact, she's the last remaining pregnant lady on the planet.
- It has been said more than once that Simeon represents the last hope for Bulgarians.
- Rosalind was the last to remain in the courtroom, watchful and concerned for her son.
- And numbers of the plant have dropped to worrying levels at its last remaining refuge.
- With scores level and one over remaining, the last pair were at the wicket.
- The last remaining light bulb in my bedroom light fixture is about to die and I'm not tall enough to reach it.
- For a long period, Broadland was the last remaining major stronghold in the country.
Synonyms
final, only remaining, only one left

adverblastlæst

1On the last occasion before the present; previously.
在此前最后；（在）上一次
he looked much older than when I'd last seen him
Example sentencesExamples
- Mr Cooper last heard from the company on July 29 and is waiting to see how things progress.
- We were at the first crossroads, where I had last seen him four nights previously.
- The deceased was last seen and heard of when he said he was going to meet the appellant.
- Emma last heard from her husband two weeks ago when he told her was safe and well.
- He was last heard of trying to establish a business as a transfer adviser.
- The former must be assumed dead by now, and the latter was last heard of working in Switzerland.
- Mrs Castell last heard from her son when he was in Kuwait, two days before the war began on March 20.
2in combination After all others in order or sequence.
按次序排在最后
the two last-mentioned classes
3(especially in enumerating points) finally; in conclusion.
尤用于列举要点最后
and last, I'd like to thank you all for coming
最后，我要感谢诸位光临。

nounlastlæst

1The last person or thing; the one occurring, mentioned, or acting after all others.
最后的人（事物），最后发生（或提到，行动）的一个
the last of their guests had gone
他们最后的客人也走了。
eating as if every mouthful were his last
吃相好像是每吃一口都是最后一口。
Example sentencesExamples
- I have no doubt this court has not heard the last of the arguments that began in this case.
- Thought you had heard the last of the libel case involving some Borough staff at BoS?
- It is sufficient for present purposes to recite a passage in the last of these judgments.
- Hopefully it is not the last we will hear from a band with such talent and promise.
- As for Prowse, he has no plans to return to the fray, but it might not be the last we hear from him.
- The present charter expires in three years' time and must be the last in the present form.
- There would have been a Media Frenzy, we wouldn't have heard the last of it for months.
1. 1.1the last of The only part of something that remains.
  残余，剩余
  they drank the last of the wine
  他们喝了剩下的酒。
2. 1.2in singular Last position in a race, contest, or ranking.
  （赛跑）最末；（排名）最后
  he came from last in a slowly run race
  莱昂·加文在一次速度不快的赛跑中从末位往前移了。
3. 1.3the last The end or last moment, especially death.
  结束，最后时刻（尤指死亡）
  she did love me to the last
  Synonyms
  end, ending, finish, close, conclusion, completion, finale, termination
4. 1.4the last The last mention or sight of someone or something.
  最后一次提及，最后一次看见
  that was the last we saw of her
  那是我们最后一次看见她。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The last we heard from her was a text message saying she was getting on a bus.
  The last we heard of him was a piece in the newspaper describing a charge of cruelty to animals.
  We just know that they were going to abandon the life raft and that was it, that was the last we heard.
  Her sister Kathleen visited him in Surbiton before he joined, but that was the last the family heard of him.
  The last we ever hear of him, he is reportedly seeing a well known gay pop singer.
  The last I heard of Andy was that Julie was in the club and they left, leaving just me Ross and Jacky again.
  Except the last my parents heard from the dealership was an invoice for the annual service.
  The last I heard was that it would be July, but I doubt that we will see it going to air by July.
  That was the last I heard from the police until I started calling and writing regularly.
  The last she heard of him was a week ago, when a letter arrived at her Ayr home.
  However, that was the last the whistleblower is said to have heard about the matter from Wallace.
  The last she heard from her husband was a cellphone call he made just after the plane struck.
  If he were to stay at all true to his thesis, that surely would have been the last we heard of him.
  I saw him go to the estate instead of the cellar yesterday, but that was the last I heard of him.
  The last I heard was that she was going to see the movie but I lost track of it.
  We can only hope that that will be the last we hear of it in this region.
  The last she heard from him was a goodbye note, telling her that by the time she had the letter he would already be at sea.
  Then as I will be in Jozie for the next two days, this is the last you will hear from me this week.
  But that was the last she heard from them until she visited the new Keighley office this month.
  That was pretty much the last I heard from him, and we haven't seen the money since.

Phrases

at last

After much delay.
最后，终于
you've come back to me at last!
你终于回到我身边啦！
Example sentencesExamples
- Coupled with the power in your house of partners, it's clear you are at last ready to settle down.
- The second reason why I have confidence about the future is that, at long last, sponsors are taking a stand.
- John sent back some of his first earnings from Germany to Mimi, proud that he could help her at last.
- Tired but home at last, the kid jumps out of the car and gently rubs his face.
- Swindon looks set to gain a new central library at long last.
- So I suspect this is one thing that we might get some information on, at long last.
- Yes it's excellently written and great at last to see a soap invented by a gay man finally able tell it like it is.
- It is good to know, at long last, that the party is ready to drop the pretence and face reality.
- In the past few weeks, I have, at last, mastered the video, just as it's on its way out.
- Finally, at long last, much surfing on the net brought me to a site that had my mystery plant.
Synonyms
finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately, at long last, after a long time, after a considerable time, in time, at the end of the day, in the fullness of time

— one's last

Do something for the last time.
the dying embers sparked their last
将灭的灰烬冒出最后火星。

last but not least

Last in order of mention or occurrence but just as important.
最后的但并非最不重要的
Example sentencesExamples
- And last but not least, there were the merchandise stalls that popped up between the chicken foot and polyester tracksuit outlets along the street.
- And last but not least, we've finally scheduled the next several shows!
- And last but not least, the president has been issuing executive orders that have been implementing many of the ideas.
- And last but not least, I did not receive a text message from the ex.
- And last but not least when planning permission was granted, all the residents of the building should have been informed and given a period in which to complain.
- And last but not least, what about patient care?
- The components of the parrot cage is the last but not least of the important aspects when buying parrot cages.
- And last but not least, you know, when somebody has that type of a debilitating disease, they feel they need to work, they have to work.
- And last but not least, the investigation was closed with unseemly haste.
- And last but not least, I've become depressed, noncommittal, and grossly pessimistic.

last call

(in a bar) said to inform customers that closing time is approaching and that any further drinks should be purchased immediately.
酒吧告知顾客即将打烊要点酒请从速时说的话最后一次点酒
the hours were 11:00 last call and drink up by 11:15
Example sentencesExamples
- Showed up just in time for the last call of dollar drinks.
- Most people have had enough to drink when last orders are called at 2am.
- It's not that I want half-day closing and last orders at 10.30 pm.
- It will help get away from binge drinking and drinking vast amounts before last orders.
- And extending a convivial night's drinking after last orders has been called is a long standing Dales custom.
- For last call, you ordered a bottle of rum and a Coke.
- The other returns to the table, it's getting close to last orders so shorter drinks with higher alcohol content are the very thing.
- No longer will we have to rush to get the drinks in before last orders at 11 o'clock when new licensing laws introduce continental style late opening hours for bars and pubs.
- But the pair will not dash off on their honeymoon after last orders because they want to keep the drinks flowing until after New Year.
- Long past last call, the two finally wander off out the door, only to have a third wheel catch up to them outside the club.

Origin

Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late.

last²

verblastlæst

[no object]

1with adverbial (of a process, activity, or state of things) continue for a specified period of time.
（过程，活动，状态）持续，继续
the guitar solo lasted for twenty minutes
吉他独奏持续了20分钟。
childhood seems to last forever
童年似乎永远不会结束。
Example sentencesExamples
- People who suffer from autism have a low concentration span, so each activity lasts no longer that half an hour.
- This whole thought process lasted only a few seconds.
- During the past century periods of increased activity have lasted 25 to 30 years.
- It's also free, for now; you don't pay any more than you do for a text message, although how long this happy state of affairs lasts isn't certain.
- The campaign lasted 30 minutes, and it would continue for a week in all schools.
- The longer the process lasts, the faster the printing presses have to run in an effort to maintain stability.
- One additional mechanism, however, may have its greatest importance in activities lasting from a few minutes to half an hour.
- No one knows exactly when the tradition got started in St Lucia but the event is celebrated with gusto and much frivolity with activities lasting up to a week.
- It sounds like a series of ‘chips’ and may be delivered in a single continuous bout lasting ten minutes or longer.
- A consultative process lasting some six years led to the flawed proposition, which was rejected by a slender majority of those who actually voted.
- Her conscious state had only lasted about a minute when they came in the room again.
- The whole process lasted less than three minutes.
- The move - after a protracted sale process lasting 30 months - was welcomed by analysts.
- During the past hundred years, the periods of increased activity have lasted about 25 to 40 years.
- This stage, which centers on colony growth lasts for a period ranging from four months to five years, depending on the species of ant.
- The whole process lasts about one hour and is perhaps the best 60 minutes you could spend in Manila.
- A typical Alexander lesson lasts for 40 minutes and consists of two parts.
- But today, the advantage that you get from outthinking the competition lasts an incredibly short period of time.
- The activity lasted for 15 minutes, when the light turn off.
- There are some rumours to suggest that the social activity lasted almost as long as the golf!
Synonyms
continue, go on, carry on, keep on, keep going, run on, proceed, be prolonged
2Continue to function well or to be in good condition for a considerable or specified length of time.
耐用，持久
the car is built to last
这车造得很耐用。
a lip pencil lasts longer than lipstick
唇线笔比口红耐用。
Example sentencesExamples
- Being able to play CDs on the go was a great idea, but the 4 AA batteries only lasted about 3 hours, so I didn't end up using it all that much.
- Also, my laptop battery lasts longer when it's not spinning the DVD drive for two hours.
- Its battery lasts 12 hours (as opposed to eight), and is easily changed for a new one when the first runs out.
- Consider how long a cell-phone battery lasts in a benign environment.
- With 3 settings, it runs off 4 AA batteries and it lasts long enough for a decent length camping trip.
- The main guy was amazed the battery had lasted so long - it was the original one, and the car is eight years old.
- Lithium batteries, lasting up to 10 years and costing £7, are available.
- ‘I was worried about my car lasting to the end considering that all the motors come from the same place,’ he said.
- We told you about a clever bunch of scientists who've made a battery that could last for decades.
- We have a cell phone, but it tends to reside in a drawer in the kitchen, not in her purse, as the battery only lasts about 5 hours, even if you don't use it.
- Battery life lasts longer than a round trip train journey between Kilkenny and Dublin.
- The screen has a lithium-ion battery that lasts for three hours if you are willing to watch in the darkest, energy-saving mode.
- The battery lasts for ten hours between charges.
- When on the go the, receiver relies on an internal Li-Ion battery that lasts approximately one hour.
- It runs on a battery that lasts at least twelve months, and the inventor claims the sound quality is excellent.
- In everyday terms, the charge in the batteries containing carbon nanotubes lasts longer.
- The satellite's batteries lasted about three weeks.
- The fish's battery lasts for up to five hours, though the scientists hope to one day program it to search for and access a recharging station when it runs low.
- It also has an internal microphone, speakers and a battery that lasts for six hours
- My experience with flashlights is that they work for 5 minutes, and then get very, very dim, so how is it that these batteries lasted so damn long?
Synonyms
endure, wear well, stand up, keep going, bear up
1. 2.1 (of a person) manage to continue in a job or course of action.
  继续任职；继续行动
  how long does he think he'll last as manager?
  他估计自己当经理还有多久？
  Example sentencesExamples
  We were having some decent volleys and the queens weren't lasting very long.
  There had been one or two, since she'd moved out two years ago, but they hadn't lasted long.
  It was divine. I've said it before and I will say it again, how I've lasted down here in the ATL being so far away from the sea is a total mystery to me.
  He's proud of me but he likes being behind the scenes, which is why I think we've lasted for all these years.
  And I don't know how long we'd have lasted - or if we had lasted, how we would have changed.
  From what I heard, the longest he ever lasted without a girlfriend was two weeks.
  The result is he's lasting about one inning longer per start.
  The bottom 50 people were matched against the top 50 people for each round to ensure the best people lasted until the later rounds.
  She had lasted a month with these people and had even managed to lose most of her bad slang.
  She was lasting longer now that she had nearly a century of experience behind her, but death caught up with her all too frequently.
  Paul lasted a little longer, not quite a year, but the other guy eventually became an editor.
  She could only wonder that she had lasted so long.
  Add to this my tendency to be fatigued by bright sunshine, wind and dry gritty environments and it's no surprise I only lasted an hour at the party.
  It is a testament to Pender's courage that he even lasted the course.
  My father lasted on his anger for another ten years, and then died of a heart attack.
  And maybe she did; maybe that was why they had lasted so long.
  ‘Hell if I know how you guys have lasted this long,’ he remarked, raising his hands in bafflement.
  They are also lasting a long time, just not as long as the Boomers will.
  Then they offer their experience as evidence that they couldn't have been so bad, or else why would they have lasted so long.
  Not many people lasted that long in his corporations.
2. 2.2 Survive or endure.
  存活，忍耐
  his condition is so serious that he won't last the night
  他病情很严重，活不过今晚了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Not just that night, we lasted for the last two months of junior year.
  I'm not entirely sure that I'm going to last out the full length of the working day.
  I went to a party last night but only lasted about an hour and a half before I felt too inexplicably grumpy to stay any longer and left.
  Well, the greatest reward in World War II was survival, if you lasted through it.
  If he lasts long enough to have impressionists take note of him, his impression wouldn't be that different to John Major, just with a slightly different voice.
  Heskey was one of the returning wounded and lasted long enough to do decisive damage.
  He has lasted the course in one of the most turbulent eras in South African rugby.
  I seem to remember that I managed to last out, but by the end I felt distinctly nauseous.
  No coach lasted longer or won more games in the Southwest Conference.
  It was one of the rare occasions when I didn't last the course, and I didn't write about it.
  I would love to know how many people lasted until 8 am!
  This was the third grand prix in which Brabham had intended to use a fuel stop, but so far neither Piquet nor his team-mate Riccardo Patrese had lasted sufficiently deep into a race.
  So a final of twelve people lasts twelve weeks - ten evictions, a final and then a show in which the result is announced.
  Synonyms
  survive, endure, hold on, hold out, keep going, persevere, exist
3. 2.3with object (of provisions or resources) be adequate or sufficient for (someone), especially for a specified length of time.
  （供给，资源）足够（某人）用一定时期
  he filled the freezer with enough food to last him for three months
  他在冰箱里装满足够吃三个月的食物。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Despite shortages of certain items like instant coffee, sugar, and most of our milk powder, the food was lasting well.
  This was an airplane that could take off and stay aloft as long as the fuel supply lasted, make turns and so forth.
  Hurry while stocks last and enjoy the work of a scholar who took great pride and pleasure in words.
  Buy now while stocks last because property prices in Bradford are set to soar over the next decade.
  Having threatened to kill himself he added that he had enough food to last 30 days.
  And despite all the equipment, he was usually lucky if the day's supply lasted until the following morning.
  After that a few beers and then back to ours to play games - we'll probably stay up all night if the beer lasts!
  The rule of thumb is that if a store has lasted over 30 years in this fickle climate then, clearly, the owners are experts deserving of your custom.
  One of the reasons we light candles on Chanukah is that the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days.
  Only when they were in the snows would they need to move as quickly as possible while their food supply lasted, and to avoid too many cold nights.
  A bag of dried food lasts for six months and costs €7.
  If neither of these happens, the hand is played out to the end, the players replenishing their hands after each trick while the stock lasts.
  Last Thursday we had a fairly good supply with water lasting for six hours, Friday we had three hours of water but it went off at about 5pm and it was Saturday evening before we got water again.
  The emergency food supplies wouldn't have lasted that long!
  After each trick the hands are replenished to four, so long as the stock lasts, the winner of the trick drawing first.
  Iraq is thought to have sufficient food stocks to last only until the end of April.
  Preconditioned lady beetles will stay in your garden as long as the food supply lasts, eating aphids and laying eggs to produce larvae that also eat aphids.
  Somehow, though, the fuel lasted long enough for T-Bone to evade the storm.
  Enough food should be supplied to the Bushmen to last until the next harvest season.
  Bear in mind that this promotion will last for one week only or while stocks last, and then that's your lot.

Origin

Old English lǣstan, of Germanic origin, related to German leisten ‘afford, yield’, also to last.

last³

nounlæstlast

A shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot.
鞋楦
Synonyms
mould, model, pattern, form, matrix

Origin

Old English lǣste, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘follow’; related to Dutch leest and German Leisten.

词汇	last
释义	last¹ adjective lɑːstlæst 1attributive Coming after all others in time or order; final. 最后的 they caught the last bus 他们赶上了末班车。 Example sentencesExamples Leaving his boyhood club was like closing the last page on a well-thumbed book. Walking back to Puraniya crossing would have made us miss the last bus to the campus. The two youngsters then missed the last bus back to Corsham, and decided they would walk back. Except the last few pages of the last chapter had a smudgy white line down the middle. Some lines had been added on the last page; but they had been so carefully erased as to be illegible. After the last supper on the final night, the team set off from the camp at midnight. Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus. I think that is what is wrapped up in the concession that you took us to on the last page of that document. We closed the last page knowing that maybe everything will be ok after all. St Jack on the last page of his journal reported nine influenza deaths at the mission. There is always one image from a book that stays with you after the last page has ended. Ironically, the teams are due to met again just six days after the final for the last league match of the season. Yesterday we sent the last page off to be printed, and went for a drink to celebrate. Be sure to look at the last page for the potato menu, a selection of no less than six potato sides. If you don't have the patience to wade through the jargon, just directly go to the last page. Sure enough, when we arrived at the bus station it turned out that the last bus had already left. After checking those out and a few other shops I managed to nick onto the last bus home to Huddersfield! Finally she reached the last page, the last bit of the story she had liked so much. The images conjured from her words linger long after the last page has been turned. It's a great read that will have your tongue hanging out to join in the odyssey by the last page. Synonyms rearmost, rear, hindmost, bringing up the rear, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest back, at the back (of the queue), aftermost, endmost, furthest behind, final, ultimate, most remote, remotest, furthest, utmost, extreme closing, concluding, final, ending, end, finishing, ultimate, terminal, terminating valedictory later, latter 1.1 Met with or encountered after any others. 最后遇见的 the last house in the village 村子里最后看到的房子。 Example sentencesExamples This was happening in the bus shelter and the nearby road of my bus stop, the last bus stop on the route. 1.2 The lowest in importance or rank. 最差的，最低的 finishing in last place 得了个倒数第一名。 as complement he came last in the race 这次赛跑他落在最后。 Example sentencesExamples Last season, the Sharks finished last in the league in penalty killing. Not sure if we came last overall, I think we won some crayons though so it wasn't all bad. Albert the Great, seeking his fifth consecutive victory, finished last in the field of seven three-year-olds. Chad ranked last on the African list and 101st globally. Money came last on the list. Only six teams have finished last in their league in homers and reached the Series. That he came last with only 9 percent is a great victory in the battle against fascism. Flaming Bridle was subsequently disqualified and placed last in the field of eight. A muddled Mr North came last, answering only five correct questions in the allotted time. They ranked last in the majors in runs scored. Without Thomas' scheming, the Vikings might rank last against the pass. 1.3the last The least likely or suitable. 最不可能的，最不适合的 he's the last person I'd turn to for help the last thing she needed was a husband 她最不需要的就是一个丈夫。 Example sentencesExamples The last thing you want to do is to make a complacent audience feel more happy in their complacency. It was the last myth that anyone needed, least of all those who loathe the notion of intractability. The last thing it needs, then, is a gang of young yobs terrorising shoppers in the town centre. He's big and powerful and a strong boy: the last thing you want is to be in his way when he is running at you. The last thing he wanted was some young accounts exec showing him the money when he least expected it. That is the last thing a place with an economy largely dependent on the goodwill of visitors needs. I've worked hard for it and rest assured the last thing I will ever do is take it for granted. The last thing he and his wife have in mind is returning south with their tails between their legs. If this EP is her idea of a career move, the last place it seems likely to take her is the land of fame and fortune. The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again. The last thing they need is to witness, or be involved in, an act of violence against a member of staff. There is also a fear that their children will be taken away from them which is the last thing anyone wants. I am 18 years old and have my whole life ahead of me and the last thing I want in my life right now is a baby. I'm hoping that it will be benign as the last thing she needs is more radiotherapy. When taking out a student loan the last thing on most people's minds is how they intend to pay it back. The last thing I want when I go to the local bar or the local cinema is smoke clogging up my throat. If a site is named after a marine creature, that is usually the last creature you're likely to see. The donor goes through major surgery and the last thing we want is them to suffer complications. The adverse publicity generated by the hijacking was the last thing the airline needed. So the last thing the manager needs looming large are encounters with ghosts of seasons past. Synonyms least likely, most unlikely, most improbable, most reluctant least suitable, most unsuitable, most inappropriate, least appropriate, least wanted, least favourite 2attributive Most recent in time; latest. 上一次的，最近的 last year 去年。 postpositive your letter of Sunday last 你上星期日的来信。 Example sentencesExamples Their ordeal started after they retired to bed at about 10.30 last Thursday night. A French woman who was the victim of a vicious assault in Cork said last night her life is in ruins. The very successful Ladies football team won the junior title as recent as last year. He served two terms in prison last year, for dangerous driving and then for breaking a curfew order. A spokesman for the company last night refused to comment on the speculation linking him with the top job. However, this slump was the smallest in percentage terms since March of last year. Even if they are on the same points tally as this time last term, the confidence and enjoyment levels are both on the up. The judge said last night that he expected the terms of the new control orders to be very similar. The RMT has already had six days of strikes, the most recent of them last Friday and Saturday. In terms of finance alone, last night was the difference between digging gold or iron pyrites. The children and staff at the school said farewell to Mick at the end of term last week, but he has not quite finished. So really quite late last night, perhaps even after half past ten, I went into the kitchen. He looks set for another lucrative campaign and is selected to start off as he ended last term, on a winning note. We left quite late last night and we walked past the plant on the way out. On last Sunday night in the Drum Inn in Clogher, the massive Jackpot was up for grabs. They are not the result of lack of care this year, last year or indeed recent years. This is what appears to have happened with the most recent Games, staged last year in Athens. Where their rucking had been crisp and brutal last term, this time out it was hesitant and laboured. This is their second term in charge and last year proved to be an enjoyable one for all involved. Two great Test players of the past made quite a scene on a television show last night. Synonyms previous, preceding latest, most recent prior, former 2.1 Immediately preceding in order; previous in a sequence or enumeration. 上一个的，前一个的 their last album 他们的前一张专辑。 this last point is critical 刚提到的这一点很关键。 Example sentencesExamples That last comment makes it clear that the previous observations of Forbes J were obiter dicta. Their live sound is rougher round the edges than the pristine sound on the last two albums. I haven't listened to the last album nearly as often as the red one or the green one. The set was drawn mostly from the last two albums, but the occasional early song fit in seamlessly. Her last album, All I Have went gold back in 2002, and this new one is said to be even better. Perhaps most significantly of all, a couple of the tracks on the last album don't sound Asian at all. With the last album only 11 months old, surely it is too soon for their inclusion? I haven't seen James or Michael since that last ball, I hope James wasn't too mad at me. He warns the technicians on the other side of the studio glass that he won't do anything from the last album. Not a vast change from the last album, but in a picking up the pace of my favourite tracks and staying on that track kind of way. It was also very dismissive of the last two albums, which was rather narrow minded. Did the last albums start with a desire to make an album for somebody who wouldn't buy it anyway? With the last album, fans said their favourite songs were the ones we wrote ourselves. Each of the last six recessions in the US was preceded by an inversion in the yield curve. Whereas the last album had the two killer singles, the rest was a mid-paced affair. We tried and failed but, if we leave anything, judge us by that last album. Thanks to recent controversy, this last visit has taken on a greater importance than usual. Their last album did extraordinarily well, and now people are looking to them to be the future of music. When we wrote the last album in Spain we managed to catch three matches over there. 3attributive Only remaining. 惟一的，仅存的 it's our last hope 这是我们仅存的希望。 Example sentencesExamples Lana moved to the back of the classroom and took the last remaining seat which happened to be next to the girl. It knows that the last remaining strong union in this country is to be found in the State sector. And numbers of the plant have dropped to worrying levels at its last remaining refuge. The last remaining light bulb in my bedroom light fixture is about to die and I'm not tall enough to reach it. We can expect the battle for the last remaining dregs of the fossil fuel fantasia to be vicious. It's probably among the last beacons of hope here, in that you can see a protest every couple of miles. Rosalind was the last to remain in the courtroom, watchful and concerned for her son. The last hope was the space under boulders into which our little stream sank. I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. With scores level and one over remaining, the last pair were at the wicket. The batter was dry and crisp and remained so until the last scrap was eaten. That is exactly the posture we should welcome from the world's last remaining superpower. Indeed, the private college today is one of the last vestiges of hope in a desert of statism. Does this explain why it's so hard to get rid of the last remaining samples of the virus? They are the last bastion and hope we have for our citizens, and the evidence is very simple. A sudden clearing of the fog of confusion on the Tyne is English devolution's last hope. It has been said more than once that Simeon represents the last hope for Bulgarians. For a long period, Broadland was the last remaining major stronghold in the country. The last remaining days of March just flew by and before I could turn around twice mid April was upon me. She's got a baby on the way - in fact, she's the last remaining pregnant lady on the planet. Synonyms final, only remaining, only one left adverb lɑːstlæst 1On the last occasion before the present; previously. 在此前最后；（在）上一次 a woman last heard of in Cornwall 最后一次在康沃尔郡听说过的女人。 Example sentencesExamples Mrs Castell last heard from her son when he was in Kuwait, two days before the war began on March 20. The former must be assumed dead by now, and the latter was last heard of working in Switzerland. Mr Cooper last heard from the company on July 29 and is waiting to see how things progress. The deceased was last seen and heard of when he said he was going to meet the appellant. Emma last heard from her husband two weeks ago when he told her was safe and well. He was last heard of trying to establish a business as a transfer adviser. We were at the first crossroads, where I had last seen him four nights previously. 2in combination After all others in order or sequence. 按次序排在最后 the last-named film 最后提到的一部电影。 3(especially in enumerating points) lastly. 尤用于列举要点最后 and last, I'd like to thank you all for coming 最后，我要感谢诸位光临。 noun lɑːstlæst 1The last person or thing; the one occurring, mentioned, or acting after all others. 最后的人（事物），最后发生（或提到，行动）的一个 the last of their guests had gone 他们最后的客人也走了。 he was eating as if every mouthful were his last 吃相好像是每吃一口都是最后一口。 Example sentencesExamples As for Prowse, he has no plans to return to the fray, but it might not be the last we hear from him. Hopefully it is not the last we will hear from a band with such talent and promise. Thought you had heard the last of the libel case involving some Borough staff at BoS? It is sufficient for present purposes to recite a passage in the last of these judgments. There would have been a Media Frenzy, we wouldn't have heard the last of it for months. The present charter expires in three years' time and must be the last in the present form. I have no doubt this court has not heard the last of the arguments that began in this case. 1.1the last of The only part of something that remains. 残余，剩余 they drank the last of the wine 他们喝了剩下的酒。 1.2in singular The last position or finisher in a race or competition. Lion Cavern came from last in a slowly run race 莱昂·加文在一次速度不快的赛跑中从末位往前移了。 1.3the last The end or last moment, especially death. 结束，最后时刻（尤指死亡） he was dead, having refused morphia to the last 他死了，到死也拒绝吗啡。 Synonyms end, ending, finish, close, conclusion, completion, finale, termination bitter end 1.4the last The last mention or sight of someone or something. 最后一次提及，最后一次看见 that was the last we saw of her 那是我们最后一次看见她。 Example sentencesExamples That was the last I heard from the police until I started calling and writing regularly. The last she heard of him was a week ago, when a letter arrived at her Ayr home. The last I heard was that it would be July, but I doubt that we will see it going to air by July. Her sister Kathleen visited him in Surbiton before he joined, but that was the last the family heard of him. We can only hope that that will be the last we hear of it in this region. However, that was the last the whistleblower is said to have heard about the matter from Wallace. The last she heard from her husband was a cellphone call he made just after the plane struck. The last we heard of him was a piece in the newspaper describing a charge of cruelty to animals. Except the last my parents heard from the dealership was an invoice for the annual service. Then as I will be in Jozie for the next two days, this is the last you will hear from me this week. The last we heard from her was a text message saying she was getting on a bus. I saw him go to the estate instead of the cellar yesterday, but that was the last I heard of him. The last we ever hear of him, he is reportedly seeing a well known gay pop singer. But that was the last she heard from them until she visited the new Keighley office this month. That was pretty much the last I heard from him, and we haven't seen the money since. The last she heard from him was a goodbye note, telling her that by the time she had the letter he would already be at sea. If he were to stay at all true to his thesis, that surely would have been the last we heard of him. The last I heard of Andy was that Julie was in the club and they left, leaving just me Ross and Jacky again. The last I heard was that she was going to see the movie but I lost track of it. We just know that they were going to abandon the life raft and that was it, that was the last we heard. Phrases at last In the end; after much delay. 最后，终于 you've come back to me at last! 你终于回到我身边啦！ Example sentencesExamples The second reason why I have confidence about the future is that, at long last, sponsors are taking a stand. Finally, at long last, much surfing on the net brought me to a site that had my mystery plant. Tired but home at last, the kid jumps out of the car and gently rubs his face. Swindon looks set to gain a new central library at long last. So I suspect this is one thing that we might get some information on, at long last. Yes it's excellently written and great at last to see a soap invented by a gay man finally able tell it like it is. It is good to know, at long last, that the party is ready to drop the pretence and face reality. In the past few weeks, I have, at last, mastered the video, just as it's on its way out. Coupled with the power in your house of partners, it's clear you are at last ready to settle down. John sent back some of his first earnings from Germany to Mimi, proud that he could help her at last. Synonyms finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately, at long last, after a long time, after a considerable time, in time, at the end of the day, in the fullness of time lastly, in conclusion — one's last Do something for the last time. the dying embers sparked their last 将灭的灰烬冒出最后火星。 last but not least Last in order of mention or occurrence but not of importance. 最后的但并非最不重要的 last but not least Gary in midfield has been brilliant last, but by no means least, much still needs to be done to improve public attitudes Example sentencesExamples And last but not least, the investigation was closed with unseemly haste. And last but not least when planning permission was granted, all the residents of the building should have been informed and given a period in which to complain. And last but not least, the president has been issuing executive orders that have been implementing many of the ideas. And last but not least, I did not receive a text message from the ex. And last but not least, I've become depressed, noncommittal, and grossly pessimistic. And last but not least, we've finally scheduled the next several shows! And last but not least, there were the merchandise stalls that popped up between the chicken foot and polyester tracksuit outlets along the street. And last but not least, you know, when somebody has that type of a debilitating disease, they feel they need to work, they have to work. And last but not least, what about patient care? The components of the parrot cage is the last but not least of the important aspects when buying parrot cages. the last minute The latest possible time before an event. the visit was cancelled at the last minute Example sentencesExamples This tendency can result in the writing being left until the last minute and consequently rushed. Eight more couples were forced to move their ceremonies at the last minute to avoid them being null and void. But they might be happy with the point as they were two down and equalised only in the last minute. This year schools did not find out about an increase in teacher pension costs until the last minute. Luckily, my situation has since changed, thanks to various ships coming in at the last minute. Speaking yesterday on a visit to Harwich, he vowed to fight for every vote right up until the last minute. It dipped low towards the runway, but what appeared to be a planned landing was aborted at the last minute. When it comes to our finances, we love to leave things until the last minute. Keep salads, cheeses, dips and other perishable food in the fridge until the last minute. A cricket match had to be cancelled at the last minute after someone dug up part of the cricket square. Stay calm and do your best and remember do not leave everything until the last minute. She would not contemplate leaving the holiday booking to the last minute in the hope of a late discount. Many people leave arrangements until the last minute and this can complicate matters. They have been planning the trip for nearly a year it would be devastating for them to be turned away at the last minute. I never get anything done until the last minute, so maybe I need that extra push to do anything. It would be extremely unwise to wait until the last minute to effect a changeover plan. When it comes to organising holidays, we can never make up our minds and try not to commit until the last minute. She lies in the road and leaps out of the way of cars at the last minute. Then he said the car turned towards the pavement but the driver appeared to change her mind at the last minute. They've had 12 months to get the policy pinned down, and yet it is left to the last minute. last orders (in a bar or pub) said to inform customers that closing time is approaching and that any further drinks should be purchased immediately. 酒吧告知顾客即将打烊要点酒请从速时说的话最后一次点酒 last orders, gentlemen, please 先生们，这是最后一次点酒了，请抓紧！ Example sentencesExamples But the pair will not dash off on their honeymoon after last orders because they want to keep the drinks flowing until after New Year. Long past last call, the two finally wander off out the door, only to have a third wheel catch up to them outside the club. For last call, you ordered a bottle of rum and a Coke. Showed up just in time for the last call of dollar drinks. No longer will we have to rush to get the drinks in before last orders at 11 o'clock when new licensing laws introduce continental style late opening hours for bars and pubs. And extending a convivial night's drinking after last orders has been called is a long standing Dales custom. The other returns to the table, it's getting close to last orders so shorter drinks with higher alcohol content are the very thing. It will help get away from binge drinking and drinking vast amounts before last orders. It's not that I want half-day closing and last orders at 10.30 pm. Most people have had enough to drink when last orders are called at 2am. last thing Late in the evening, especially as a final act before going to bed. （尤指睡前）最后做的事 I think having that cup of tea last thing at night really helps 我认为晚上睡前喝那样一杯茶很有好处。 Example sentencesExamples If you go last thing in the evening to the amphitheatre you might leave with a tear or two. I want to dump it into a cradle last thing at night, where it will charge up again ready for the next night. If a man irritates a woman she is not going to wait until the last thing at night to express her annoyance. the last word 1The final or definitive pronouncement on or decision about a subject. he's always determined to have the last word Example sentencesExamples And yet it is difficult to get this message across when journalists themselves always have the last word. That there is only one of Him is not just a first approximation, it is also the last word on the subject, and it makes the concept of Godhead a notably tense one. And on this it is I, together with my colleagues in the Commons, who will have the last word. Ailsa would have the last word on that count: Norman missed the 54-hole cut. Even in the mixed teams, it's the girls that are squabbling and always having to have the last word. In the end, however, randomness will have the last word; and therefore the sole solution left to us is dignity. It is unlikely to provide the last word on the subject, but its findings will have a huge effect on the alternative health industry either way. No one person may always have the last word just for the sake of having the last word. That is why York residents must have the last word on their redevelopment. She stands her ground in an argument, she likes to have the last word but at the same time she can be very compliant and wants to please. Synonyms final decision, summation, final statement, definitive statement, conclusive comment ultimatum concluding remark, final remark, final say, closing statement, parting shot, Parthian shot 2The finest or most modern, fashionable, or advanced example of something. the new flat is the last word in luxury Example sentencesExamples This was back in the days when Genesis were considered to be the last word in cool by a certain strata of English youth. Charlotte Square is the last word in Georgian elegance, but on a November afternoon it's an underpopulated place. Spread across five-storeys, it's perhaps the last word in quality, style and taste. Is it still the last word in the vital, thrusting youth culture? It's the last word in dramatic decadence, rippling with eroticism. The company whose locomotive pulled it could boast that it was a state of the art vehicle, the last word in design and comfort. This is almost the last word in Scots renaissance detailing, but it would take a lot of work to make it feel like a real home Do you think salt-and-pepper is the last word in style, or would you rather dye than reveal your roots - and your age? Treatments here are the last word in relaxation and cover just about everything you can imagine and much else you might only have dreamed of. Composting is the last word in recycling and great for cutting emissions. Synonyms the best, the peak, the acme, the epitome, the quintessence, the most fashionable, the most up to date, the latest, the newest the pinnacle, the apex, the apogee, the cream, the ultimate, the height, the zenith, the utmost, the nonpareil, the crème de la crème, the ne plus ultra, the dernier cri, the beau idéal archaic the nonesuch Origin Old English latost (adverb) 'after all others in a series', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late. Rhymes aghast, avast, Belfast, blast, cast, caste, contrast, fast, mast, miscast, outlast, past, unsurpassed, vast last² verb lɑːstlæst [no object] 1with adverbial (of a process, activity, or state) continue for a specified period of time. （过程，活动，状态）持续，继续 the guitar solo lasted for twenty minutes 吉他独奏持续了20分钟。 childhood seems to last forever 童年似乎永远不会结束。 Example sentencesExamples People who suffer from autism have a low concentration span, so each activity lasts no longer that half an hour. The whole process lasts about one hour and is perhaps the best 60 minutes you could spend in Manila. There are some rumours to suggest that the social activity lasted almost as long as the golf! The whole process lasted less than three minutes. A typical Alexander lesson lasts for 40 minutes and consists of two parts. The campaign lasted 30 minutes, and it would continue for a week in all schools. It sounds like a series of ‘chips’ and may be delivered in a single continuous bout lasting ten minutes or longer. During the past century periods of increased activity have lasted 25 to 30 years. The longer the process lasts, the faster the printing presses have to run in an effort to maintain stability. The move - after a protracted sale process lasting 30 months - was welcomed by analysts. It's also free, for now; you don't pay any more than you do for a text message, although how long this happy state of affairs lasts isn't certain. During the past hundred years, the periods of increased activity have lasted about 25 to 40 years. The activity lasted for 15 minutes, when the light turn off. One additional mechanism, however, may have its greatest importance in activities lasting from a few minutes to half an hour. A consultative process lasting some six years led to the flawed proposition, which was rejected by a slender majority of those who actually voted. But today, the advantage that you get from outthinking the competition lasts an incredibly short period of time. No one knows exactly when the tradition got started in St Lucia but the event is celebrated with gusto and much frivolity with activities lasting up to a week. Her conscious state had only lasted about a minute when they came in the room again. This stage, which centers on colony growth lasts for a period ranging from four months to five years, depending on the species of ant. This whole thought process lasted only a few seconds. Synonyms continue, go on, carry on, keep on, keep going, run on, proceed, be prolonged take stay, remain, persist, endure 2Continue to operate or remain usable for a considerable or specified length of time. 耐用，持久 the car is built to last 这车造得很耐用。 a lip pencil lasts longer than lipstick 唇线笔比口红耐用。 Example sentencesExamples When on the go the, receiver relies on an internal Li-Ion battery that lasts approximately one hour. With 3 settings, it runs off 4 AA batteries and it lasts long enough for a decent length camping trip. Consider how long a cell-phone battery lasts in a benign environment. We told you about a clever bunch of scientists who've made a battery that could last for decades. ‘I was worried about my car lasting to the end considering that all the motors come from the same place,’ he said. The main guy was amazed the battery had lasted so long - it was the original one, and the car is eight years old. It also has an internal microphone, speakers and a battery that lasts for six hours The satellite's batteries lasted about three weeks. Battery life lasts longer than a round trip train journey between Kilkenny and Dublin. We have a cell phone, but it tends to reside in a drawer in the kitchen, not in her purse, as the battery only lasts about 5 hours, even if you don't use it. Lithium batteries, lasting up to 10 years and costing £7, are available. The screen has a lithium-ion battery that lasts for three hours if you are willing to watch in the darkest, energy-saving mode. The fish's battery lasts for up to five hours, though the scientists hope to one day program it to search for and access a recharging station when it runs low. It runs on a battery that lasts at least twelve months, and the inventor claims the sound quality is excellent. Its battery lasts 12 hours (as opposed to eight), and is easily changed for a new one when the first runs out. In everyday terms, the charge in the batteries containing carbon nanotubes lasts longer. My experience with flashlights is that they work for 5 minutes, and then get very, very dim, so how is it that these batteries lasted so damn long? Also, my laptop battery lasts longer when it's not spinning the DVD drive for two hours. The battery lasts for ten hours between charges. Being able to play CDs on the go was a great idea, but the 4 AA batteries only lasted about 3 hours, so I didn't end up using it all that much. Synonyms endure, wear well, stand up, keep going, bear up withstand, resist informal go the distance 2.1 Manage to continue in a state or position; survive or endure. she managed to last out until the end of the programme 她最终坚持到节目结束。 his condition is so serious that he won't last the night 他病情很严重，活不过今晚了。 how long does he reckon he'll last as manager? 他估计自己当经理还有多久？ Example sentencesExamples I would love to know how many people lasted until 8 am! It was one of the rare occasions when I didn't last the course, and I didn't write about it. I went to a party last night but only lasted about an hour and a half before I felt too inexplicably grumpy to stay any longer and left. He has lasted the course in one of the most turbulent eras in South African rugby. I'm not entirely sure that I'm going to last out the full length of the working day. Not just that night, we lasted for the last two months of junior year. So a final of twelve people lasts twelve weeks - ten evictions, a final and then a show in which the result is announced. This was the third grand prix in which Brabham had intended to use a fuel stop, but so far neither Piquet nor his team-mate Riccardo Patrese had lasted sufficiently deep into a race. Well, the greatest reward in World War II was survival, if you lasted through it. If he lasts long enough to have impressionists take note of him, his impression wouldn't be that different to John Major, just with a slightly different voice. No coach lasted longer or won more games in the Southwest Conference. I seem to remember that I managed to last out, but by the end I felt distinctly nauseous. Heskey was one of the returning wounded and lasted long enough to do decisive damage. Synonyms survive, endure, hold on, hold out, keep going, persevere, exist informal stick it out, hang on, stay around, hack it 2.2 (of provisions or resources) be adequate or sufficient for a specified length of time. （供给，资源）足够（某人）用一定时期 green peppers which had been served with their rice while supplies lasted with object he filled the freezer with enough food to last him for three months 他在冰箱里装满足够吃三个月的食物。 Example sentencesExamples A bag of dried food lasts for six months and costs €7. Hurry while stocks last and enjoy the work of a scholar who took great pride and pleasure in words. Enough food should be supplied to the Bushmen to last until the next harvest season. Buy now while stocks last because property prices in Bradford are set to soar over the next decade. After each trick the hands are replenished to four, so long as the stock lasts, the winner of the trick drawing first. The emergency food supplies wouldn't have lasted that long! The rule of thumb is that if a store has lasted over 30 years in this fickle climate then, clearly, the owners are experts deserving of your custom. Only when they were in the snows would they need to move as quickly as possible while their food supply lasted, and to avoid too many cold nights. One of the reasons we light candles on Chanukah is that the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days. Having threatened to kill himself he added that he had enough food to last 30 days. Iraq is thought to have sufficient food stocks to last only until the end of April. Last Thursday we had a fairly good supply with water lasting for six hours, Friday we had three hours of water but it went off at about 5pm and it was Saturday evening before we got water again. Bear in mind that this promotion will last for one week only or while stocks last, and then that's your lot. After that a few beers and then back to ours to play games - we'll probably stay up all night if the beer lasts! And despite all the equipment, he was usually lucky if the day's supply lasted until the following morning. Somehow, though, the fuel lasted long enough for T-Bone to evade the storm. This was an airplane that could take off and stay aloft as long as the fuel supply lasted, make turns and so forth. Preconditioned lady beetles will stay in your garden as long as the food supply lasts, eating aphids and laying eggs to produce larvae that also eat aphids. If neither of these happens, the hand is played out to the end, the players replenishing their hands after each trick while the stock lasts. Despite shortages of certain items like instant coffee, sugar, and most of our milk powder, the food was lasting well. Origin Old English lǣstan, of Germanic origin, related to German leisten 'afford, yield', also to last³. last³ noun lɑːstlæst A shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot. 鞋楦 Synonyms mould, model, pattern, form, matrix anvil Northern English hobbing foot/boot Origin Old English lǣste, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'follow'; related to Dutch leest and German Leisten. adj.1 phr. verb.1 noun.1 last¹ adjectivelastlæst 1Coming after all others in time or order; final. 最后的 they caught the last bus 他们赶上了末班车。 Example sentencesExamples We closed the last page knowing that maybe everything will be ok after all. Finally she reached the last page, the last bit of the story she had liked so much. Ironically, the teams are due to met again just six days after the final for the last league match of the season. If you don't have the patience to wade through the jargon, just directly go to the last page. I think that is what is wrapped up in the concession that you took us to on the last page of that document. Walking back to Puraniya crossing would have made us miss the last bus to the campus. There is always one image from a book that stays with you after the last page has ended. After the last supper on the final night, the team set off from the camp at midnight. Some lines had been added on the last page; but they had been so carefully erased as to be illegible. Sure enough, when we arrived at the bus station it turned out that the last bus had already left. It's a great read that will have your tongue hanging out to join in the odyssey by the last page. Yesterday we sent the last page off to be printed, and went for a drink to celebrate. After checking those out and a few other shops I managed to nick onto the last bus home to Huddersfield! Be sure to look at the last page for the potato menu, a selection of no less than six potato sides. Leaving his boyhood club was like closing the last page on a well-thumbed book. Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus. St Jack on the last page of his journal reported nine influenza deaths at the mission. The images conjured from her words linger long after the last page has been turned. The two youngsters then missed the last bus back to Corsham, and decided they would walk back. Except the last few pages of the last chapter had a smudgy white line down the middle. Synonyms rearmost, rear, hindmost, bringing up the rear, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest back, at the back, at the back of the queue, aftermost, endmost, furthest behind, final, ultimate, most remote, remotest, furthest, utmost, extreme closing, concluding, final, ending, end, finishing, ultimate, terminal, terminating 1.1 Met with or encountered after any others. 最后遇见的 the last house in the village 村子里最后看到的房子。 Example sentencesExamples This was happening in the bus shelter and the nearby road of my bus stop, the last bus stop on the route. 1.2 The lowest in importance or rank. 最差的，最低的 finishing in last place 得了个倒数第一名。 as complement he came last in the race 这次赛跑他落在最后。 Example sentencesExamples Flaming Bridle was subsequently disqualified and placed last in the field of eight. Chad ranked last on the African list and 101st globally. They ranked last in the majors in runs scored. Only six teams have finished last in their league in homers and reached the Series. That he came last with only 9 percent is a great victory in the battle against fascism. Last season, the Sharks finished last in the league in penalty killing. Without Thomas' scheming, the Vikings might rank last against the pass. Albert the Great, seeking his fifth consecutive victory, finished last in the field of seven three-year-olds. A muddled Mr North came last, answering only five correct questions in the allotted time. Not sure if we came last overall, I think we won some crayons though so it wasn't all bad. Money came last on the list. 1.3the last The least likely or suitable. 最不可能的，最不适合的 the last thing she needed was a husband 她最不需要的就是一个丈夫。 addicts are often the last people to face up to their problems 瘾君子们常是最不能面对自身问题的人。 Example sentencesExamples The last thing I want when I go to the local bar or the local cinema is smoke clogging up my throat. When taking out a student loan the last thing on most people's minds is how they intend to pay it back. I'm hoping that it will be benign as the last thing she needs is more radiotherapy. The last thing it needs, then, is a gang of young yobs terrorising shoppers in the town centre. The donor goes through major surgery and the last thing we want is them to suffer complications. He's big and powerful and a strong boy: the last thing you want is to be in his way when he is running at you. The last thing he and his wife have in mind is returning south with their tails between their legs. The last thing you want to do is to make a complacent audience feel more happy in their complacency. I've worked hard for it and rest assured the last thing I will ever do is take it for granted. There is also a fear that their children will be taken away from them which is the last thing anyone wants. It was the last myth that anyone needed, least of all those who loathe the notion of intractability. That is the last thing a place with an economy largely dependent on the goodwill of visitors needs. The last thing he wanted was some young accounts exec showing him the money when he least expected it. The adverse publicity generated by the hijacking was the last thing the airline needed. The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again. If this EP is her idea of a career move, the last place it seems likely to take her is the land of fame and fortune. I am 18 years old and have my whole life ahead of me and the last thing I want in my life right now is a baby. So the last thing the manager needs looming large are encounters with ghosts of seasons past. The last thing they need is to witness, or be involved in, an act of violence against a member of staff. If a site is named after a marine creature, that is usually the last creature you're likely to see. Synonyms least likely, most unlikely, most improbable, most reluctant 2Most recent in time; latest. 上一次的，最近的 last year 去年。 postpositive your letter of Sunday last 你上星期日的来信。 Example sentencesExamples He served two terms in prison last year, for dangerous driving and then for breaking a curfew order. Two great Test players of the past made quite a scene on a television show last night. They are not the result of lack of care this year, last year or indeed recent years. We left quite late last night and we walked past the plant on the way out. Even if they are on the same points tally as this time last term, the confidence and enjoyment levels are both on the up. In terms of finance alone, last night was the difference between digging gold or iron pyrites. So really quite late last night, perhaps even after half past ten, I went into the kitchen. This is their second term in charge and last year proved to be an enjoyable one for all involved. However, this slump was the smallest in percentage terms since March of last year. A spokesman for the company last night refused to comment on the speculation linking him with the top job. This is what appears to have happened with the most recent Games, staged last year in Athens. The children and staff at the school said farewell to Mick at the end of term last week, but he has not quite finished. Their ordeal started after they retired to bed at about 10.30 last Thursday night. The very successful Ladies football team won the junior title as recent as last year. He looks set for another lucrative campaign and is selected to start off as he ended last term, on a winning note. The judge said last night that he expected the terms of the new control orders to be very similar. Where their rucking had been crisp and brutal last term, this time out it was hesitant and laboured. On last Sunday night in the Drum Inn in Clogher, the massive Jackpot was up for grabs. A French woman who was the victim of a vicious assault in Cork said last night her life is in ruins. The RMT has already had six days of strikes, the most recent of them last Friday and Saturday. Synonyms previous, preceding 2.1 Immediately preceding in order; previous in a sequence or enumeration. 上一个的，前一个的 their last album 他们的前一张专辑。 this last point is critical 刚提到的这一点很关键。 Example sentencesExamples When we wrote the last album in Spain we managed to catch three matches over there. Their live sound is rougher round the edges than the pristine sound on the last two albums. That last comment makes it clear that the previous observations of Forbes J were obiter dicta. We tried and failed but, if we leave anything, judge us by that last album. He warns the technicians on the other side of the studio glass that he won't do anything from the last album. Whereas the last album had the two killer singles, the rest was a mid-paced affair. Did the last albums start with a desire to make an album for somebody who wouldn't buy it anyway? I haven't listened to the last album nearly as often as the red one or the green one. Her last album, All I Have went gold back in 2002, and this new one is said to be even better. It was also very dismissive of the last two albums, which was rather narrow minded. With the last album only 11 months old, surely it is too soon for their inclusion? Perhaps most significantly of all, a couple of the tracks on the last album don't sound Asian at all. Their last album did extraordinarily well, and now people are looking to them to be the future of music. I haven't seen James or Michael since that last ball, I hope James wasn't too mad at me. Thanks to recent controversy, this last visit has taken on a greater importance than usual. Each of the last six recessions in the US was preceded by an inversion in the yield curve. The set was drawn mostly from the last two albums, but the occasional early song fit in seamlessly. With the last album, fans said their favourite songs were the ones we wrote ourselves. Not a vast change from the last album, but in a picking up the pace of my favourite tracks and staying on that track kind of way. 3Only remaining. 惟一的，仅存的 it's our last hope 这是我们仅存的希望。 Example sentencesExamples A sudden clearing of the fog of confusion on the Tyne is English devolution's last hope. It's probably among the last beacons of hope here, in that you can see a protest every couple of miles. Lana moved to the back of the classroom and took the last remaining seat which happened to be next to the girl. The last remaining days of March just flew by and before I could turn around twice mid April was upon me. Does this explain why it's so hard to get rid of the last remaining samples of the virus? We can expect the battle for the last remaining dregs of the fossil fuel fantasia to be vicious. I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. They are the last bastion and hope we have for our citizens, and the evidence is very simple. The last hope was the space under boulders into which our little stream sank. The batter was dry and crisp and remained so until the last scrap was eaten. It knows that the last remaining strong union in this country is to be found in the State sector. That is exactly the posture we should welcome from the world's last remaining superpower. Indeed, the private college today is one of the last vestiges of hope in a desert of statism. She's got a baby on the way - in fact, she's the last remaining pregnant lady on the planet. It has been said more than once that Simeon represents the last hope for Bulgarians. Rosalind was the last to remain in the courtroom, watchful and concerned for her son. And numbers of the plant have dropped to worrying levels at its last remaining refuge. With scores level and one over remaining, the last pair were at the wicket. The last remaining light bulb in my bedroom light fixture is about to die and I'm not tall enough to reach it. For a long period, Broadland was the last remaining major stronghold in the country. Synonyms final, only remaining, only one left adverblastlæst 1On the last occasion before the present; previously. 在此前最后；（在）上一次 he looked much older than when I'd last seen him Example sentencesExamples Mr Cooper last heard from the company on July 29 and is waiting to see how things progress. We were at the first crossroads, where I had last seen him four nights previously. The deceased was last seen and heard of when he said he was going to meet the appellant. Emma last heard from her husband two weeks ago when he told her was safe and well. He was last heard of trying to establish a business as a transfer adviser. The former must be assumed dead by now, and the latter was last heard of working in Switzerland. Mrs Castell last heard from her son when he was in Kuwait, two days before the war began on March 20. 2in combination After all others in order or sequence. 按次序排在最后 the two last-mentioned classes 3(especially in enumerating points) finally; in conclusion. 尤用于列举要点最后 and last, I'd like to thank you all for coming 最后，我要感谢诸位光临。 nounlastlæst 1The last person or thing; the one occurring, mentioned, or acting after all others. 最后的人（事物），最后发生（或提到，行动）的一个 the last of their guests had gone 他们最后的客人也走了。 eating as if every mouthful were his last 吃相好像是每吃一口都是最后一口。 Example sentencesExamples I have no doubt this court has not heard the last of the arguments that began in this case. Thought you had heard the last of the libel case involving some Borough staff at BoS? It is sufficient for present purposes to recite a passage in the last of these judgments. Hopefully it is not the last we will hear from a band with such talent and promise. As for Prowse, he has no plans to return to the fray, but it might not be the last we hear from him. The present charter expires in three years' time and must be the last in the present form. There would have been a Media Frenzy, we wouldn't have heard the last of it for months. 1.1the last of The only part of something that remains. 残余，剩余 they drank the last of the wine 他们喝了剩下的酒。 1.2in singular Last position in a race, contest, or ranking. （赛跑）最末；（排名）最后 he came from last in a slowly run race 莱昂·加文在一次速度不快的赛跑中从末位往前移了。 1.3the last The end or last moment, especially death. 结束，最后时刻（尤指死亡） she did love me to the last Synonyms end, ending, finish, close, conclusion, completion, finale, termination 1.4the last The last mention or sight of someone or something. 最后一次提及，最后一次看见 that was the last we saw of her 那是我们最后一次看见她。 Example sentencesExamples The last we heard from her was a text message saying she was getting on a bus. The last we heard of him was a piece in the newspaper describing a charge of cruelty to animals. We just know that they were going to abandon the life raft and that was it, that was the last we heard. Her sister Kathleen visited him in Surbiton before he joined, but that was the last the family heard of him. The last we ever hear of him, he is reportedly seeing a well known gay pop singer. The last I heard of Andy was that Julie was in the club and they left, leaving just me Ross and Jacky again. Except the last my parents heard from the dealership was an invoice for the annual service. The last I heard was that it would be July, but I doubt that we will see it going to air by July. That was the last I heard from the police until I started calling and writing regularly. The last she heard of him was a week ago, when a letter arrived at her Ayr home. However, that was the last the whistleblower is said to have heard about the matter from Wallace. The last she heard from her husband was a cellphone call he made just after the plane struck. If he were to stay at all true to his thesis, that surely would have been the last we heard of him. I saw him go to the estate instead of the cellar yesterday, but that was the last I heard of him. The last I heard was that she was going to see the movie but I lost track of it. We can only hope that that will be the last we hear of it in this region. The last she heard from him was a goodbye note, telling her that by the time she had the letter he would already be at sea. Then as I will be in Jozie for the next two days, this is the last you will hear from me this week. But that was the last she heard from them until she visited the new Keighley office this month. That was pretty much the last I heard from him, and we haven't seen the money since. Phrases at last After much delay. 最后，终于 you've come back to me at last! 你终于回到我身边啦！ Example sentencesExamples Coupled with the power in your house of partners, it's clear you are at last ready to settle down. The second reason why I have confidence about the future is that, at long last, sponsors are taking a stand. John sent back some of his first earnings from Germany to Mimi, proud that he could help her at last. Tired but home at last, the kid jumps out of the car and gently rubs his face. Swindon looks set to gain a new central library at long last. So I suspect this is one thing that we might get some information on, at long last. Yes it's excellently written and great at last to see a soap invented by a gay man finally able tell it like it is. It is good to know, at long last, that the party is ready to drop the pretence and face reality. In the past few weeks, I have, at last, mastered the video, just as it's on its way out. Finally, at long last, much surfing on the net brought me to a site that had my mystery plant. Synonyms finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately, at long last, after a long time, after a considerable time, in time, at the end of the day, in the fullness of time — one's last Do something for the last time. the dying embers sparked their last 将灭的灰烬冒出最后火星。 last but not least Last in order of mention or occurrence but just as important. 最后的但并非最不重要的 Example sentencesExamples And last but not least, there were the merchandise stalls that popped up between the chicken foot and polyester tracksuit outlets along the street. And last but not least, we've finally scheduled the next several shows! And last but not least, the president has been issuing executive orders that have been implementing many of the ideas. And last but not least, I did not receive a text message from the ex. And last but not least when planning permission was granted, all the residents of the building should have been informed and given a period in which to complain. And last but not least, what about patient care? The components of the parrot cage is the last but not least of the important aspects when buying parrot cages. And last but not least, you know, when somebody has that type of a debilitating disease, they feel they need to work, they have to work. And last but not least, the investigation was closed with unseemly haste. And last but not least, I've become depressed, noncommittal, and grossly pessimistic. last call (in a bar) said to inform customers that closing time is approaching and that any further drinks should be purchased immediately. 酒吧告知顾客即将打烊要点酒请从速时说的话最后一次点酒 the hours were 11:00 last call and drink up by 11:15 Example sentencesExamples Showed up just in time for the last call of dollar drinks. Most people have had enough to drink when last orders are called at 2am. It's not that I want half-day closing and last orders at 10.30 pm. It will help get away from binge drinking and drinking vast amounts before last orders. And extending a convivial night's drinking after last orders has been called is a long standing Dales custom. For last call, you ordered a bottle of rum and a Coke. The other returns to the table, it's getting close to last orders so shorter drinks with higher alcohol content are the very thing. No longer will we have to rush to get the drinks in before last orders at 11 o'clock when new licensing laws introduce continental style late opening hours for bars and pubs. But the pair will not dash off on their honeymoon after last orders because they want to keep the drinks flowing until after New Year. Long past last call, the two finally wander off out the door, only to have a third wheel catch up to them outside the club. Origin Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late. last² verblastlæst [no object] 1with adverbial (of a process, activity, or state of things) continue for a specified period of time. （过程，活动，状态）持续，继续 the guitar solo lasted for twenty minutes 吉他独奏持续了20分钟。 childhood seems to last forever 童年似乎永远不会结束。 Example sentencesExamples People who suffer from autism have a low concentration span, so each activity lasts no longer that half an hour. This whole thought process lasted only a few seconds. During the past century periods of increased activity have lasted 25 to 30 years. It's also free, for now; you don't pay any more than you do for a text message, although how long this happy state of affairs lasts isn't certain. The campaign lasted 30 minutes, and it would continue for a week in all schools. The longer the process lasts, the faster the printing presses have to run in an effort to maintain stability. One additional mechanism, however, may have its greatest importance in activities lasting from a few minutes to half an hour. No one knows exactly when the tradition got started in St Lucia but the event is celebrated with gusto and much frivolity with activities lasting up to a week. It sounds like a series of ‘chips’ and may be delivered in a single continuous bout lasting ten minutes or longer. A consultative process lasting some six years led to the flawed proposition, which was rejected by a slender majority of those who actually voted. Her conscious state had only lasted about a minute when they came in the room again. The whole process lasted less than three minutes. The move - after a protracted sale process lasting 30 months - was welcomed by analysts. During the past hundred years, the periods of increased activity have lasted about 25 to 40 years. This stage, which centers on colony growth lasts for a period ranging from four months to five years, depending on the species of ant. The whole process lasts about one hour and is perhaps the best 60 minutes you could spend in Manila. A typical Alexander lesson lasts for 40 minutes and consists of two parts. But today, the advantage that you get from outthinking the competition lasts an incredibly short period of time. The activity lasted for 15 minutes, when the light turn off. There are some rumours to suggest that the social activity lasted almost as long as the golf! Synonyms continue, go on, carry on, keep on, keep going, run on, proceed, be prolonged 2Continue to function well or to be in good condition for a considerable or specified length of time. 耐用，持久 the car is built to last 这车造得很耐用。 a lip pencil lasts longer than lipstick 唇线笔比口红耐用。 Example sentencesExamples Being able to play CDs on the go was a great idea, but the 4 AA batteries only lasted about 3 hours, so I didn't end up using it all that much. Also, my laptop battery lasts longer when it's not spinning the DVD drive for two hours. Its battery lasts 12 hours (as opposed to eight), and is easily changed for a new one when the first runs out. Consider how long a cell-phone battery lasts in a benign environment. With 3 settings, it runs off 4 AA batteries and it lasts long enough for a decent length camping trip. The main guy was amazed the battery had lasted so long - it was the original one, and the car is eight years old. Lithium batteries, lasting up to 10 years and costing £7, are available. ‘I was worried about my car lasting to the end considering that all the motors come from the same place,’ he said. We told you about a clever bunch of scientists who've made a battery that could last for decades. We have a cell phone, but it tends to reside in a drawer in the kitchen, not in her purse, as the battery only lasts about 5 hours, even if you don't use it. Battery life lasts longer than a round trip train journey between Kilkenny and Dublin. The screen has a lithium-ion battery that lasts for three hours if you are willing to watch in the darkest, energy-saving mode. The battery lasts for ten hours between charges. When on the go the, receiver relies on an internal Li-Ion battery that lasts approximately one hour. It runs on a battery that lasts at least twelve months, and the inventor claims the sound quality is excellent. In everyday terms, the charge in the batteries containing carbon nanotubes lasts longer. The satellite's batteries lasted about three weeks. The fish's battery lasts for up to five hours, though the scientists hope to one day program it to search for and access a recharging station when it runs low. It also has an internal microphone, speakers and a battery that lasts for six hours My experience with flashlights is that they work for 5 minutes, and then get very, very dim, so how is it that these batteries lasted so damn long? Synonyms endure, wear well, stand up, keep going, bear up 2.1 (of a person) manage to continue in a job or course of action. 继续任职；继续行动 how long does he think he'll last as manager? 他估计自己当经理还有多久？ Example sentencesExamples We were having some decent volleys and the queens weren't lasting very long. There had been one or two, since she'd moved out two years ago, but they hadn't lasted long. It was divine. I've said it before and I will say it again, how I've lasted down here in the ATL being so far away from the sea is a total mystery to me. He's proud of me but he likes being behind the scenes, which is why I think we've lasted for all these years. And I don't know how long we'd have lasted - or if we had lasted, how we would have changed. From what I heard, the longest he ever lasted without a girlfriend was two weeks. The result is he's lasting about one inning longer per start. The bottom 50 people were matched against the top 50 people for each round to ensure the best people lasted until the later rounds. She had lasted a month with these people and had even managed to lose most of her bad slang. She was lasting longer now that she had nearly a century of experience behind her, but death caught up with her all too frequently. Paul lasted a little longer, not quite a year, but the other guy eventually became an editor. She could only wonder that she had lasted so long. Add to this my tendency to be fatigued by bright sunshine, wind and dry gritty environments and it's no surprise I only lasted an hour at the party. It is a testament to Pender's courage that he even lasted the course. My father lasted on his anger for another ten years, and then died of a heart attack. And maybe she did; maybe that was why they had lasted so long. ‘Hell if I know how you guys have lasted this long,’ he remarked, raising his hands in bafflement. They are also lasting a long time, just not as long as the Boomers will. Then they offer their experience as evidence that they couldn't have been so bad, or else why would they have lasted so long. Not many people lasted that long in his corporations. 2.2 Survive or endure. 存活，忍耐 his condition is so serious that he won't last the night 他病情很严重，活不过今晚了。 Example sentencesExamples Not just that night, we lasted for the last two months of junior year. I'm not entirely sure that I'm going to last out the full length of the working day. I went to a party last night but only lasted about an hour and a half before I felt too inexplicably grumpy to stay any longer and left. Well, the greatest reward in World War II was survival, if you lasted through it. If he lasts long enough to have impressionists take note of him, his impression wouldn't be that different to John Major, just with a slightly different voice. Heskey was one of the returning wounded and lasted long enough to do decisive damage. He has lasted the course in one of the most turbulent eras in South African rugby. I seem to remember that I managed to last out, but by the end I felt distinctly nauseous. No coach lasted longer or won more games in the Southwest Conference. It was one of the rare occasions when I didn't last the course, and I didn't write about it. I would love to know how many people lasted until 8 am! This was the third grand prix in which Brabham had intended to use a fuel stop, but so far neither Piquet nor his team-mate Riccardo Patrese had lasted sufficiently deep into a race. So a final of twelve people lasts twelve weeks - ten evictions, a final and then a show in which the result is announced. Synonyms survive, endure, hold on, hold out, keep going, persevere, exist 2.3with object (of provisions or resources) be adequate or sufficient for (someone), especially for a specified length of time. （供给，资源）足够（某人）用一定时期 he filled the freezer with enough food to last him for three months 他在冰箱里装满足够吃三个月的食物。 Example sentencesExamples Despite shortages of certain items like instant coffee, sugar, and most of our milk powder, the food was lasting well. This was an airplane that could take off and stay aloft as long as the fuel supply lasted, make turns and so forth. Hurry while stocks last and enjoy the work of a scholar who took great pride and pleasure in words. Buy now while stocks last because property prices in Bradford are set to soar over the next decade. Having threatened to kill himself he added that he had enough food to last 30 days. And despite all the equipment, he was usually lucky if the day's supply lasted until the following morning. After that a few beers and then back to ours to play games - we'll probably stay up all night if the beer lasts! The rule of thumb is that if a store has lasted over 30 years in this fickle climate then, clearly, the owners are experts deserving of your custom. One of the reasons we light candles on Chanukah is that the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days. Only when they were in the snows would they need to move as quickly as possible while their food supply lasted, and to avoid too many cold nights. A bag of dried food lasts for six months and costs €7. If neither of these happens, the hand is played out to the end, the players replenishing their hands after each trick while the stock lasts. Last Thursday we had a fairly good supply with water lasting for six hours, Friday we had three hours of water but it went off at about 5pm and it was Saturday evening before we got water again. The emergency food supplies wouldn't have lasted that long! After each trick the hands are replenished to four, so long as the stock lasts, the winner of the trick drawing first. Iraq is thought to have sufficient food stocks to last only until the end of April. Preconditioned lady beetles will stay in your garden as long as the food supply lasts, eating aphids and laying eggs to produce larvae that also eat aphids. Somehow, though, the fuel lasted long enough for T-Bone to evade the storm. Enough food should be supplied to the Bushmen to last until the next harvest season. Bear in mind that this promotion will last for one week only or while stocks last, and then that's your lot. Origin Old English lǣstan, of Germanic origin, related to German leisten ‘afford, yield’, also to last. last³ nounlæstlast A shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot. 鞋楦 Synonyms mould, model, pattern, form, matrix Origin Old English lǣste, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘follow’; related to Dutch leest and German Leisten. adj.1 phr. verb.1 noun.1
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