last-ditch effort

基本解釋

Their frantic recourse to the policy of strength is nothing but the deathbed frenzy of the weak and the last-ditch effort to prevent their ruling system from its collapse.
他們最后的狂怒沒(méi)有任何作用，除了進(jìn)一步證明他們垂死掙扎的軟弱以及為了防止其政權(quán)崩潰所做的最后的沒(méi)有退路的努力。
The decay heat must still be absorbed, however, and as a last-ditch effort the emergency core cooling system can be activated to flood the entire containment structure with water.
衰變熱仍然需要被吸收，然而，作為最后的努力，緊急冷卻循環(huán)系統(tǒng)可以用水來(lái)充滿(mǎn)整個(gè)反應(yīng)堆的外殼結(jié)構(gòu)來(lái)激活。
But his “l(fā)ast-ditch effort” is simply “at slowing things down”, and this bold venture takes the form of typing another memo to his boss.
不過(guò)他“建立最后防線的努力”也僅僅是“推遲即將發(fā)生的事情”，而這個(gè)勇敢的冒險(xiǎn)以另一份備忘錄的形式提交給他的上司。

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