| 单词 | last |
| 释义 | last (once / 7 pages) 1adjadvn 2v 3adjadv 4adj 5adj 6n 7n Something that's last comes at the very end, after any others of its kind. The last day of the year is December 31st. If you eat the last slice of pizza, you take the final one — it's the only one left in the take-out box. And if you catch the last plane to Bermuda, there are no more flights today. The runner who comes in last is behind everyone else, and a poet's last words are the final ones she speaks during her lifetime, before she dies. As a verb, last means "remain" or "survive." WORD FAMILYlast: lasted, lasting, lastly, lasts+/lasting: lastinger, lastingness USAGE EXAMPLESNone of that mattered to McSorley, not after his last pass. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) That’s what happened in 2011, the last time Dayton faced full GOP control. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The Vikings held on for an overtime win against Langley Wednesday at the Governor’s Challenge, to rebound from last Tuesday’s 66-53 loss to McDonogh. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining the last time I saw Paris the last day of the month had the last word waited until the last minute he raised his voice in a last supreme call the last game of the season down to his last nickel Syn|Ant fourth-year, senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college sunsetproviding for termination ultimatebeing the last or concluding element of a series first preceding all others in time or space or degree frontrelating to or located in the front earlyat or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypicalrepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned basic, introductoryserving as a base or starting point initialoccurring at the beginning eldest, firstbornfirst in order of birth first-year, freshmanused of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) originalpreceding all others in time or being as first made or performed premier, premierepreceding all others in time premier, primefirst in rank or degree primeused of the first or originating agent originalbeing or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of primaryof first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary 2adj occurring at or forming an end or termination the last days of the dinosaurs Syn concluding, final, terminal closing final or ending 3adj occurring at the time of death his last words the last rites Syn dying in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be 4adj lowest in rank or importance last prize in last place Syn last-place, lowest worst (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition 5adj conclusive in a process or progression a last resort Syn final, net ultimate furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme 6adj not to be altered or undone the arbiter will have the last say Syn final inalterable, unalterable not capable of being changed or altered 7adv the item at the end last, I'll discuss family values Syn finally, in conclusion, lastly 8n the temporal end; the concluding time Syn|Hyper close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point end, ending the point in time at which something ends 9n the concluding parts of an event or occurrence I had to miss the last of the movie Syn|Hypo|Hyper end, final stage end game, endgame the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board end game, endgamethe final stages of an extended process of negotiation homestretchthe end of an enterprise passingthe end of something conclusion, ending, finish event whose occurrence ends something 10n a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do he breathed his last Hyper activity any specific behavior 11n the time at which life ends; continuing until dead a struggle to the last Syn|Hyper death end, ending the point in time at which something ends 12n the last or lowest in an ordering or series 2he was the last to leave he finished an inglorious last Hyper rank relative status 1v persist for a specified period of time The bad weather lasted for three days Syn|Hypo|Hyper endure run, run for extend or continue for a certain period of time endure, hold out, wearlast and be usable drag on, drag outlast unnecessarily long measure have certain dimensions 2v continue to live through hardship or adversity 3how long can a person last without food and water? Syn|Hypo endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive be, live have life, be alive exist, live, subsist, survivesupport oneself hold up, hold water, stand up resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. perennatesurvive from season to season, of plants live outlive out one's life; live to the end 1adj immediately past last Thursday the last chapter we read Syn past earlier than the present time; no longer current 2adv most recently 4I saw him last in London adj highest in extent or degree 5to the last measure of human endurance whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually Syn utmost high greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount adj most unlikely or unsuitable 6the last person we would have suspected the last man they would have chosen for the job Syn unlikely has little chance of being the case or coming about n holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes 7Syn|Hyper cobbler's last, shoemaker's last holding device a device for holding something 1n a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds Hyper weight, weight unit a unit used to measure weight 2n a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels Hyper capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
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