| 单词 | last hurrah |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslast hurrah last hurrah n. [after the title of E. O'Connor's novel The Last Hurrah (1956), which was filmed in 1958] originally U.S. the final campaign or initiative in a politician's career; (hence) any final performance or effort, a swansong. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > final act in political career last hurrah1960 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > concluding word or act upshot1531 last1557 swansong1596 amen1612 last hurrah1960 1960 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 25 July 4/8 Lyndon Johnson..will make his last hurrah on the legislative floor something for organized labor to cheer. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 456/5 A new era of American party politics which endured without much change until its last hurrah with Hubert Humphrey's abortive campaign for the presidency in 1968. 1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 22 Sept. v. 6/3 There's no question this is probably the last hurrah for this club. 2009 MovieMail July 28/2 Eastwood has suggested Gran Torino might be the last time he appears on screen. If that's true, it's a magnificent last hurrah. < as lemmas |
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