They couldn't offer steep discounts on unsold cabins because people would just wait until the last minute and then all cabins would be sold at a discount.

他们不能以很优惠的折扣来售出未被预订的房间，因为人们只会等到最后的一分钟，直到他们以优惠价售出。

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Museums plan their schedules years ahead, but the Uffizi made a last-minute decision to offer the pictures to London—and Dulwich had an opening because planned maintenance work proved unnecessary.

一般博物馆是提前几年定好时间表，然而乌菲齐美术馆在最后一秒才决定到伦敦办展览。 恰缝达利齐画廊因无须进行原计划的修复工作而有空档接纳。

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Morrison, who was a target for Newcastle, Sunderland and QPR, opted to join Reading despite being the subject of a last-minute offer from another Championship club.

BBC: Reading sign duo Sean Morrison and Brett Williams

Fighting might be postponed if Mr Hussein made a convincing last-minute decision to offer the inspectors the active co-operation he has so far withheld.

ECONOMIST: America and Iraq

Transactions on average take longer in Britain than in most other countries because a buyer can pull out at the last minute, and gazumping (where a vendor who has agreed to a sale accepts a higher offer from someone else) is common.

ECONOMIST: The housing market has not heard of globalisation