单词 | the latest in a long line of |
释义 | > as lemmasthe latest (also last) in a long line of the latest (also last) in a long line of and variants: the most recent of many such examples; the latest manifestation of an established phenomenon or familiar pattern. Π 1857 W. Isham in Mag. of Trav. 1 xxxix. 357 A temple..[which is] the last in a long line of architectural wonders, commencing with the pyramids. 1890 Shelbyville (Indiana) Daily Democrat 25 Nov. 2/1 Nebraska..is the latest in a long line of states that have..emphatically rejected the nostrum. 1952 Econ. Jrnl. 62 398 An agrarian movement which is only the latest of a long line of similar movements. 1994 J. Campbell Pride's Last Race i. 4 This was only the last in a long line of irritations and problems. 2011 Scotsman (Nexis) 30 Aug. 43 This is only the latest in a long line of public criticisms of its investment practices. < as lemmas |
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