last [ lɑ:st, læst ]

• n.
  • the temporal end; the concluding time

    同义词： stopping point finale finis finish conclusion close

  • the last or lowest in an ordering or series

    "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"

  • a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

    "he breathed his last"

  • the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

    "a struggle to the last"

    同义词： death

  • a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
  • a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
  • the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

    "I had to miss the last of the movie"

    同义词： end final stage

  • holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

    同义词： shoemaker's last cobbler's last

• v.
  • persist for a specified period of time

    "The bad weather lasted for three days"

    同义词： endure

  • continue to live; endure or last

    "how long can a person last without food and water?"

    同义词： survive live live on go endure hold up hold out

• adj.
  • immediately past

    "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

  • coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

    "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"

  • occurring at or forming an end or termination

    "the last days of the dinosaurs"

    同义词： concluding final terminal

  • conclusive in a process or progression

    "a last resort"

    同义词： final net

  • most unlikely or unsuitable

    "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

  • occurring at the time of death

    "his last words"; "the last rites"

  • not to be altered or undone

    "the arbiter will have the last say"

    同义词： final

  • lowest in rank or importance

    "last prize"; "in last place"

    同义词： last-place lowest

  • highest in extent or degree

    "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"

    同义词： utmost

• adv.
  • more recently than any other time

    "I saw him last in London"

    同义词： most recently

  • the item at the end

    "last, I'll discuss family values"

    同义词： lastly in conclusion finally

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