the last straw
基本解释
- 終於使人無法忍受的最後一擊;導火線
英汉例句
- A natural disaster is often the last straw for pier-owners.
自然災害往往成爲壓垮棧橋所有者的最後一根稻草。 - The last straw, however, was a small, irritating detail: The smell of burnt cheese.
而最後的導火線卻是一個微不足道的惱人細節:燒嬭酪的氣味。 - It was the last straw, but Martin gripped the arms of his chair and talked and listened for half an hour.
那是壓斷了駱駝背脊的最後一根稻草,但馬丁仍然抓住椅子扶手,和他交談了半個小時。 - The highly inflammatory rhetoric used by government leaders to sell the ill-conceived TARP program was the last straw.
FORBES: The Inept Financial Reform Bill - For Shiites I spoke to, the attack on the shrine was simply the last straw.
NPR: The Mood in Najaf, Shiite Stronghold - And it was - a lot of people think it was the last straw for him.
NPR: Middle East Commander Fallon Steps Down
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- n The last straw 使人終於不勝負荷的最後一件事
- This is the last straw 我再也無法忍受了;我受不了了;這是最後一注;這是最後一根稻草
- you are the last straw 你實在是太煩人了
- to be the last straw 終於使人不支的最後一擊
- that 's the last straw 真是忍無可忍了