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词汇 last resort
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Definition of last resort in English:

last resort

noun
  • A final course of action, used only when all else has failed.

    asking them to leave the school should be a last resort
    as modifier a last-resort treatment for lung cancer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The farm where Marian works is difficult and Tess looks at it as a last resort.
    • History suggests that moving students off-campus is a last resort, only to be encouraged in the face of over-population.
    • Coercion is used only as a last resort.
    • If nothing else will get us to do the right thing, fear is a last-resort motivator.
    • Fishing used to strike me as a last-resort sport, a pastime I might take up later in life, along with quilting.
    • Opening the chest cavity is a last-resort measure.
    • Court action was, however, a last resort.
    • Shouldn't cosmetic surgery be a last resort?
    • For decades, declaring bankruptcy has been a last-resort measure to re-establish financial standing for economically distressed individuals and families.
    • War should in any case always be a last resort in settling an international conflict.
    • Like thousands of other sufferers in the UK, she needs a transplant of matching bone marrow as a last-resort treatment, after the disease returned following successful chemotherapy.
    • As a last resort, Lambeau seeks out his old college roommate, who has a great deal in common with young Will.
    • We did what we did as a last resort.
    • Farmers also only use synthetic pesticides as a last resort to save the crop, relying instead on natural repellents and controls such as neem.
    • Piling grain outdoors shouldn't be considered a last resort, provided you prepare a proper site and invest in grain covers.
    • Laughter used to be the best last resort in a grim situation, but nothing's funny anymore.
    • Such an action may constitute effective leadership, the authors recognize, but they argue that this approach should be used only as a last resort.
    • Surgery for morbid obesity is usually the last-resort intervention in patients who have tried all other weight-reduction treatments.
    • While interest-rate and exchange-rate policies are tools for the government, they will probably be last-resort measures.
    • In most cases, pesticides should be considered the last resort for reducing losses due to pests.
    Synonyms
    temporary solution, improvisation, expedient, makeshift
    last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour, last-resort, desperate, frantic, frenzied, wild, struggling, straining, final, extreme, all-out, do-or-die

Phrases

  • as a first (or last or final) resort

    • Before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed)

      the soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life
      practitioners use these medicines as a first resort
      Synonyms
      as a last resort, whatever the circumstances, no matter what, in any event, in any case, come what may
  • in the last resort

    • Ultimately.

      in the last resort what really moves us is our personal convictions
      Synonyms
      ultimately, in the end, at the end of the day, finally, in the long run, eventually

Definition of last resort in US English:

last resort

noun
  • A final course of action, used only when all else has failed.

    asking them to leave the school should be a last resort
    as modifier a last-resort treatment for lung cancer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We did what we did as a last resort.
    • In most cases, pesticides should be considered the last resort for reducing losses due to pests.
    • Piling grain outdoors shouldn't be considered a last resort, provided you prepare a proper site and invest in grain covers.
    • Opening the chest cavity is a last-resort measure.
    • Laughter used to be the best last resort in a grim situation, but nothing's funny anymore.
    • History suggests that moving students off-campus is a last resort, only to be encouraged in the face of over-population.
    • Shouldn't cosmetic surgery be a last resort?
    • Fishing used to strike me as a last-resort sport, a pastime I might take up later in life, along with quilting.
    • Farmers also only use synthetic pesticides as a last resort to save the crop, relying instead on natural repellents and controls such as neem.
    • War should in any case always be a last resort in settling an international conflict.
    • For decades, declaring bankruptcy has been a last-resort measure to re-establish financial standing for economically distressed individuals and families.
    • As a last resort, Lambeau seeks out his old college roommate, who has a great deal in common with young Will.
    • Such an action may constitute effective leadership, the authors recognize, but they argue that this approach should be used only as a last resort.
    • Like thousands of other sufferers in the UK, she needs a transplant of matching bone marrow as a last-resort treatment, after the disease returned following successful chemotherapy.
    • Coercion is used only as a last resort.
    • Surgery for morbid obesity is usually the last-resort intervention in patients who have tried all other weight-reduction treatments.
    • While interest-rate and exchange-rate policies are tools for the government, they will probably be last-resort measures.
    • The farm where Marian works is difficult and Tess looks at it as a last resort.
    • Court action was, however, a last resort.
    • If nothing else will get us to do the right thing, fear is a last-resort motivator.
    Synonyms
    temporary solution, improvisation, expedient, makeshift
    last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour, last-resort, desperate, frantic, frenzied, wild, struggling, straining, final, extreme, all-out, do-or-die

Phrases

  • as a first (or last or final) resort

    • Before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed).

      Synonyms
      as a last resort, whatever the circumstances, no matter what, in any event, in any case, come what may
  • in the last resort

    • Ultimately.

      in the last resort what really moves us is our personal convictions
      Synonyms
      ultimately, in the end, at the end of the day, finally, in the long run, eventually
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