last /lɑːst/ CET4 TEM4 ( lasting, lasted, lasts )

• 1. 

  DET You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year. 上一个的

  例：

  I got married last July.

  我去年７月结的婚。

  例：

  He never made it home at all last night.

  他昨天晚上根本没有回家。

• 2. 

  ADJ The last event, person, thing, or period of time is the most recent one. 最近的 [det ADJ]

  例：

  Much has changed since my last visit.

  自我上次来访后，变化很大。

  例：

  I split up with my last boyfriend three years ago.

  我和前任男友在3年前分手了。

• 3. 

  PRON Last is also a pronoun. 最近发生的事情

  例：

  The next tide, it was announced, would be even higher than the last.

  通告说下次涨潮会比上次更高。

• 4. 

  ADV If something last happened on a particular occasion, that is the most recent occasion on which it happened. 最近一次 [ADV with v]

  例：

  When were you there last?

  你最近一次在那里是什么时候？

  例：

  The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it.

  这幢房子比我上次看到时更破一些了。

• 5. 

  ORD The last thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes after all the others of the same kind. 最后的

  例：

  ...the last three pages of the chapter.

  …这章的最后3页。

• 6. 

  PRON Last is also a pronoun. 最后的人或事物

  例：

  It wasn't the first time that this particular difference had divided them and it wouldn't be the last.

  这个特殊差异使他们产生分歧不是第一次，也不会是最后一次。

• 7. 

  ADV If you do something last, you do it after everyone else does, or after you do everything else. 最后地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I testified last.

  我最后作了证。

  例：

  I was always picked last for the football team at school.

  我在上学时总是最后一个被选入足球队。

• 8. 

  PRON If you are the last to do or know something, everyone else does or knows it before you. 最后的人 [PRON to-inf]

  例：

  She was the last to go to bed.

  她是最后一个睡觉的人。

• 9. 

  ADJ Last is used to refer to the only thing, person, or part of something that remains. 仅剩的 [det ADJ]

  例：

  Jed nodded, finishing off the last piece of pizza.

  杰德点了点头，吃完了仅剩的一块比萨饼。

• 10. 

  N-SING Last is also a noun. 剩下的东西 (或人)

  例：

  He finished off the last of the wine.

  他喝完了剩下的酒。

• 11. 

  ADJ You can use last to indicate that something is extremely undesirable or unlikely. 最不想要的; 最不可能的 [det ADJ] [强调]

  例：

  The last thing I wanted to do was teach.

  我最不想做的事就是教书了。

• 12. 

  PRON Last is also a pronoun. 最不想要的事; 最不可能的事 [PRON to-inf]

  例：

  I would be the last to say that science has explained everything.

  我绝不可能说科学已经解释了一切。

• 13. 

  PRON The last you see of someone or the last you hear of them is the final time that you see them or talk to them. 最后一次 ['the' PRON that]

  例：

  She disappeared shouting, "To the river, to the river!" And that was the last we saw of her.

  她喊着“去河边，去河边”，然后就不见了。那是我们最后一次看到她。

• 14. 

  V-T/V-I If an event, situation, or problem lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to exist or happen for that length of time. 持续

  例：

  The marriage had lasted for less than two years.

  这桩婚姻持续了不到两年。

  例：

  The games lasted only half the normal time.

  这场比赛只持续了正常比赛时间的一半。

• 15. 

  V-T/V-I If something lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to be able to be used for that time, for example, because there is some of it left or because it is in good enough condition. 够用 (一段时间)

  例：

  You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages.

  你仅需要很小一滴胶水，所以一管胶水能用很久。

  例：

  The repaired sail lasted less than 24 hours.

  修好的帆只维持了不到二十四小时。

• 16. 

  → see also lasting

• 17. 

  PHRASE If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time. 终于

  例：

  I'm so glad that we've found you at last!

  我太高兴了，我们终于找到你了！

  例：

  Here, at long last, was the moment he had waited for.

  终于，他期待的时刻来临了。

• 18. 

  PHRASE You use expressions such as the night before last, the election before last and the leader before last to refer to the period of time, event, or person that came immediately before the most recent one in a series. 再上一次; 再上一个人或物

  例：

  It was the dog he'd heard the night before last.

  这是他前天夜里听见吼叫的那只狗。

• 19. 

  PHRASE You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject. 某人最近获悉

  例：

  The last I heard, Joe and Irene were still happily married.

  我最近得知，乔和艾琳的婚姻依然幸福。

• 20. 

  PHRASE If you leave something or someone until last, you delay using, choosing, or dealing with them until you have used, chosen, or dealt with all the others. 把…留到最后

  例：

  I have left my best wine until last.

  我把最好的酒留到最后喝。

• 21. 

  N the wooden or metal form on which a shoe or boot is fashioned or repaired 鞋楦

• 22. 

  the last straw →see straw

• 23. 

  last thing →see thing