单词盒子

the last straw

T 开头单词

基本解释

  • 终于使人无法忍受的最后一击；导火线

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • A natural disaster is often the last straw for pier-owners.
    自然灾害往往成为压垮栈桥所有者的最后一根稻草。
  • The last straw, however, was a small, irritating detail: The smell of burnt cheese.
    而最后的导火线却是一个微不足道的恼人细节：烧奶酪的气味。
  • It was the last straw, but Martin gripped the arms of his chair and talked and listened for half an hour.
    那是压断了骆驼背脊的最后一根稻草，但马丁仍然抓住椅子扶手，和他交谈了半个小时。

    • 权威例句

  • The highly inflammatory rhetoric used by government leaders to sell the ill-conceived TARP program was the last straw.
    FORBES: The Inept Financial Reform Bill
  • For Shiites I spoke to, the attack on the shrine was simply the last straw.
    NPR: The Mood in Najaf, Shiite Stronghold
  • And it was - a lot of people think it was the last straw for him.
    NPR: Middle East Commander Fallon Steps Down

词组短语

    短语

  • n The last straw 使人终于不胜负荷的最后一件事
  • This is the last straw 我再也无法忍受了;我受不了了;这是最后一注;这是最后一根稻草
  • you are the last straw 你实在是太烦人了
  • to be the last straw 终于使人不支的最后一击
  • that 's the last straw 真是忍无可忍了