last-ditch

adj.

1. 作最后努力（或尝试）的；孤注一掷的
   used to describe a final attempt to achieve sth, when there is not much hope of succeeding
   1. She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.
      她动了心脏移植手术，这是为挽救她的生命而作的最后一次努力。

1. ADJ 孤注一掷的；最后一搏的
   A last-ditch action is done only because there are no other ways left to achieve something or to prevent something happening. It is often done without much hope that it will succeed.
   1. ...a last-ditch attempt to prevent civil war.
      阻止内战发生的最后努力
   2. ...a desperate, last-ditch counterattack.
      孤注一掷的反击

1. The possibility of a last-ditch resistance by the enemy should not be dismissed.
   敌人负隅顽抗的可能性是不可不加考虑的。
2. She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.
   她动了心脏移植手术，这是为挽救她的生命而作的最后一次努力。
3. Mr Cameron also puts party hostilities aside to back a last-ditch plan unveiled by his former foe Gordon Brown to fast-track new powers for Edinburgh.
   卡梅伦还把党派的敌对先搁置一边，全力推进其之前的对手戈登布朗公布的一则计划，作为最后防线，计划将快速为爱丁堡提供新动力。
4. Analysts said that the rate increase might be a last-ditch move by the Russian government to try to contain the drop in the currency without adopting controls on the flow of capital or other more extensive measures to keep money in the country.
   分析师认为，加息可能是政府在不采取控制措施阻止资本外流或动用其他把钱留在国内的大举措的情况下，推出的挽救货币贬值的最后一招。
5. But, in a last-ditch effort, we had enrolled her in an experimental treatment program.
   但是，在义无反顾的努力下，我们让她参加了一个实验性的治疗项目。
6. Their only chance to protect their hometown is to put the'pedal to the medal'in a last-ditch scheme to save their county.
   保护他们的家乡的他们的唯一的机会将在一个最后沟的保留他们的县的计划放这块'到这枚奖章的踏板'。
7. One aim of this higher visibility is to emphasize to the dark that any last-ditch attempts at disruption will not be tolerated by us.
   我们更多的可见度其中一个目的便是向那些黑暗势力强调，我们不会容忍任何他们想阻止这些最后一搏的尝试。
8. North Korea has admitted that technical problems might make it delay a rocket launch, as Seoul pursues a last-ditch attempt to persuade its neighbour to abandon the plan.
   朝鲜承认，由于出现技术问题，该国可能被迫推迟既定的火箭发射。韩国仍在为说服邻国放弃发射计划而做着最后的努力。
9. The Treasury made a last-ditch attempt to intervene.
   财政部作最后的努力进行干预。
10. Her husband whomped up a last-ditch dinner.
    她丈夫迫于无奈，匆匆做了一顿晚饭。
11. Teachers, colleagues, Yes, let us make a last-ditch pumping a wire;
    老师们，同行们，是春蚕，就让我们抽尽最后一根丝；
12. He "downplayed" the possibility of holding last-ditch talks with Iraq in switzerland.
    他“淡化”了在瑞士与伊拉克进行最后阶段谈判的可能性。
13. Thousands of people began queuing on Wednesday, in a last-ditch attempt to secure a ticket for the Olympics.
    星期三有上千人开始排队，为获得奥运会门票做最后的尝试。
14. President Barack Obama phoned congressional leaders on Wednesday from Hawaii before cutting short his Christmas break to fly overnight back to Washington in a last-ditch effort to revive talks on the budget.
    周三，总统巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）在夏威夷致电国会领袖。随后他缩短了自己的圣诞假期，连夜飞回华盛顿，试图付出最后的努力重启预算谈判。
15. The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany arrived in Minsk on Wednesday for last-ditch talks aimed at agreeing a ceasefire in the 10-month conflict in eastern Ukraine, even as fighting raged on the ground.
    乌克兰、俄罗斯、法国和德国的领导人周三抵达明斯克进行最后努力，目的是针对乌克兰东部持续10个月的冲突达成停火协议，即便交战仍在激烈进行中。
16. It's the last-ditch fight for them.
    这就是他们生死存亡的最后一搏了。
17. The European Axis Powers have sensed it, and Hitler is adopting a desperate last-ditch policy.
    欧洲轴心国是感到了这一变化的；希特勒采取了最后挣扎的政策。
18. The proposed deal would be a last-ditch attempt to revive the Doha round before a US law enhancing President George W. Bush's authority to negotiate trade pacts expires later this year.
    一项增强乔治•布什（GeorgeW.Bush）总统贸易协议谈判授权的法案将于今年晚些时候到期，而上述拟议中的协议，将是该法案到期前重启多哈回合谈判的最后一次努力。
19. Hostage taking is a last-ditch effort.
    人质挟持是最后的努力。
20. When he passed the post office building, he stopped and sent Mrs Qin a last-ditch telegram.
    路过邮电局时，他抱着挣扎一下的想法又给秦老师打了个电报。
21. BUSH: The initiative comes at least in part in response to pressure from Arab allies to make a last-ditch effort to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before Bush steps down in14 months.
    布什：至少部分的主动权力是为了应对布什在14个月内辞职前来自阿拉伯联盟最后的努力要挑起巴以的冲突。
22. It was desperate last-ditch attempt to salvage the situation.
    这是挽回局势的背水一战。
23. And now they have come up with a last-ditch plan to avert Meltdown: a plan designed to harness the untapped resources of its migrant community people like Kwasi, whose youth, ambition and skills Germany needs to keep its economic engine running.
    目前他们已提出最后一招，以避免彻底崩溃：一个旨在利用未开发资源，即其移民群体的计划德国需要像夸西这样人，用他们青春、雄心和技术，确保它的经济引擎继续运行。
24. Diouf was sent on in a last-ditch attempt to net an equaliser, after Edin Dzeko scored his first Premier League goal to give City the lead.
    迪乌夫有一个扳平比分的机会，在比赛中哲科打进了自己在EPL的第一个进球。
25. Looking to sell its asset-management business sounds like a last-ditch move.
    出售资产管理业务听起来似乎是雷曼兄弟的无奈之举。
26. A last-ditch fight with clubs and bare hands.
    用木棍和拳头作的殊死一搏。
27. Mr Qaddafi's also says will and his people together guard until the flow in a last-ditch tripoli a drop of blood.
    卡扎菲还称将与他的人民一起守卫的黎波里，直至流尽最后一滴血。
28. Last-ditch efforts by the researchers and the bureau to prevent the uprooting failed.
    这组科研人员和该局阻止茄子植株被拔掉的最后举措失败了。
29. Barack Obama is cutting short his Christmas break in Hawaii to return to Washington for last-ditch budget negotiations to try to avert the large tax rises and spending cuts that kick in on January 1.
    巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）提前结束了在夏威夷的圣诞休假，返回华盛顿，为预算谈判做最后努力，希望避免将于明年1月1日生效的大幅增税和减支。

adj

1. of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster)
   1. a last-ditch attempt