The expression may be used to describe a politician's last campaign, his final attempt to win the cheers and votes of the people.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

And the final is-- we will give you on the last day of class the questions for the final.

期末是,在课程的最后一天,我会给你们期末的考试题

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

And so I joked, badly, I'll agree, at the end of last lecture, that we can just stop now, go straight to the final exam, because this is all you need to know.

所以我在上次演讲快结束时说了个拙劣的笑话，我会同意我们可以到此为止,直接进行期末考试，因为这些是你们需要知道的所有内容。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Britain's economy may have shrunk by 1% just in the final 3 months of last year.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

The last time he taught it, the final time he taught it, he never got beyond the first sentence, ? "I went down to the Piraeus." What does it mean?

但上次上课时，也是他最后一次讲这门课时，他根本没离开过第一句，“我南降皮里亚斯“，这句意思为何？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Friday brought news that the economy shrank 3.8% in the final 3 months of last year.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

This is going to end up at a different temperature by the way. You saw this last time in a slightly different way. Last time what you saw is we compared isothermal and adiabatic paths that ended up at the same final pressure, and what you saw is that therefore they ended up in different final volumes.

末态温度是不一样的,上次你们看到的,和这个有一点不一样,上次我们比较的是末态压强,相等的等温过程和绝热过程,因此它们的末态,体积是不一样的。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Last week the Senate voted final approval with the aid of three Republican senators.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

I want to hear now, finally, from those of you who think even with consent, even with a lottery, even with a final murmur of consent by Parker, at the very last moment, it would still be wrong.

我现在想听听，是否有人认为,即便是征得了同意，即便是有了抽签，即便派克最终还是答应了，杀死派克依然还是错误的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

The Interior Ministry said final voter turnout for Thursday's balloting topped 74 percent -- higher than the president's last election.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

Grading - 30% of the grade is for the mid-term, 30% for the final, and the final is not cumulative, the final covers only things for the last half of the course, so it's really just like a - covers half the course but it's given during the final exam period.

关于分数,总分的百分之三十来自于期中考试,百分之三十来自期末考试,期末考试并不包括学期的全部内容,只涵盖后半学期的课程,这真的像中期考,但在期末考试时间段里进行

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The Discovery and its seven-person crew will deliver a final set of solar arrays and the last main truss for the space station.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

And that is exactly what I set out to do." The last event of the Championships will be the final of the men's four-by-400-meter relay.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

The information was leaked to the media early last week, shortly before Semenya was due to run in the final of the women's which she won in the fastest time of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Under that accord, given final approval by the U.S.Congress last year, India agreed to open non-military aspects of its nuclear program to international inspections, clearing the way for U.S.sales of nuclear technology and fuel to India.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"Having passed reform bills in both the House and the Senate we now to have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Under the agreement, given final approved by the U.S.Congress last year, India agreed to open non-military nuclear sites to international inspections, and the United States dropped non-proliferation curbs on India opening the way for Indian purchases of U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17