the last straw

the last straw

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• na.(一系列打击中)终于使人不能忍受的最后一击[最后因素]
• 网络最后一根稻草；忍无可忍；救命稻草

英汉解释

na.	1. (一系列打击中)终于使人不能忍受的最后一击[最后因素] 2. “the last/final straw”的变体

英英解释

na.	1. The variant of the last/final straw

例句

The last straw came when Paige's eldest son Bruce came to stay. He asked her to buy chicken, and Paige ended up eating half of it.

Paige大儿子留下来是最后一根稻草（起到关键作用），他让她买些鸡肉，结果Paige吃了一半。

Mary's grunting continuously annoyed her husband, and her mother's staying with them was the last straw.

玛丽的不断唠叨已经使她丈夫很烦，她母亲来和他们一块住更使他们的关系雪上加霜。

This was the last straw in an ongoing battle over the search provider's discomfort with China's censorship policies.

这是搜索服务提供商对中国的审查制度所能接受的忍耐极限。

John has always been a trouble maker at school but when he set fire to someone's locker, it was the last straw and he was expelled.

约翰在旱校总是制造麻烦，当他对某人的橱柜放火时，实在让人忍无可忍，所以他被开除了。

This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.

我再也无法忍受了。我当时很年轻，我要在一个女人手下工作，这对我简直是最大的侮辱。

It was the last straw for her ; she packed up and moved North and regained her life.

她忍无可忍，只好整理行装，搬到北部，重新生活。

After all the expense I've has recently, the final demand for payment of the gas bill was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

最近我付掉了所有的费用，但最后还要付的煤气帐单终于使我不堪负担了。

Afghanistan war is what Vietnam War repeats itself, which will be the last straw to break the back of the American hegemonic power.

阿富汗战争成为另一个越战，它将成为压垮美国霸权的最后一根稻草。

It was the last straw that my girlfriend refused to see me!

我女朋友拒绝见我，对此我忍无可忍！

Giving up the right to marry could be the last straw for a church that is already battling against declining interest.

教会已经在努力争取重获教徒们的关注，而放弃主婚权恐怕将是压垮它的最后一根稻草。

"Losing Groupon may have been the last straw, " said Salinero. "A company choosing independence over the Google mystique. "

“收购Groupon未果可能是最后一根稻草，”Salinero说，“Groupon选择了保持独立，而非加入神秘的谷歌。”

But depending on your religious beliefs, it may also be the last straw.

仅仅取决于你的宗教信仰，它也许是最后的稻草。

The service of this store is always bad, but it is the last straw this time.

这家商店的服务一向不好，但这一次实在是叫人受不了。

He was often tardy, and the last straw was him being late for her best friend's 40th birthday party.

他经常拖拉，最后的一次令她实在忍无可忍了，那是他在她最好的朋友40岁生日派对时迟到。

What a ridiculous act that NTDTV regarded the "culture passed by gods" remarked by Li Hongzhi as the last straw of its series contests.

新唐人电视台遂把李洪志信口雌黄的“神传文化”视为挽救其系列赛事流产的救命稻草，荒唐绝伦。

Coming so shortly on the heels of the subprime crisis, the debate over the debt ceiling and the budget deficit is the last straw.

次贷危机之后，紧接着，关于债务上限和预算赤字的讨论让人忍无可忍。

His obstinacy over the customs union was the last straw.

他在关税联盟问题上的固执是这场口舌之争的导火线。

In the serious environmental situation, heavy metal pollution is the "last straw" that has crushed the environment monitoring.

严峻的环境形势下，重金属污染仿佛压垮环境监管的“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。

I've had a terrible day, and this traffic is the last straw, I can't take any more.

我这一天已经够倒霉了，这样的堵车更是雪上加霜，我受不了了。

It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

压垮骆驼脊梁的最后一根稻草。

Lipika's refusal to participate in family worship was the last straw.

利皮卡拒绝参加礼拜是家庭的最后一根稻草。

It is said that her son died in the battle, but there has been no official announcement; that's the last straw she clutches at.

据说她的儿子已战死，不过还没有接到官方通知；这就是她所仅存的最后一线希望。

But when I caught him using my toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!

可是，当我发现他用我的牙刷的时候，这就叫我无法忍受了。

Rose: That's the last straw, Sam. You don't respect me at all.

萝丝：我忍无可忍了，山姆。你根本不尊重我。

Britain's request to exchange dollars for gold on August 13th 1971 was the last straw.

1971年8月31日，英国要求把美元兑换成黄金，是最后一击。

A: It was the last straw.

实在忍无可忍了。

Everything's gone badly this week, and today I lost my wallet! That's the last straw.

这一周什么事情都不顺，今天又丢了钱包。这简直让我忍无可忍了。

She just went too far. That was the last straw.

她太过分了！我可忍受不了。

Samuel grasped the last straw of his life.

塞缪尔抓住他生命中最后一线希望。

"Tight capital has been the last straw for SMEs in trouble, " says Mr Zhou.

周德文表示：“对身处困境的中小企业来说，资金吃紧成为压死骆驼的最后一根稻草。”

She told everybody my secret. That's the last straw .

她把我的秘密告诉所有人。真让人忍无可忍。

But when I find out you are spending money on another woman, that's the last straw!

可是，当我发现你把钱花在另一个女人身上的时候，我忍无可忍。

The PMI numbers were the last straw, pushing the 10-year US Treasury yield below 3 per cent for the first time since December.

PMI数据成了最后一根稻草，将10年期美国国债收益率推至3%以下，为去年12月份以来的首次。

The last straw breaks the camels back.

最后一根稻草能垮骆驼的背。

A straw breaks the camel, or the last straw breaks the camel's back.

一根稻草压死骆驼，或压死骆驼的最后一根稻草。

It's the last straw that breaks the camel's back .

最后添加的一根稻草会压断骆驼的脊背。

raining again! That's the last straw.

又下雨了！真让人忍无可忍。会话记忆

It's raining again! That's the last straw.

又下雨了！真让人忍无可忍。

It's the last straw that breaks a camel's back.

压死骆驼的最后一根稻草。