英语词汇“to the last”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(i) to the last: †(a) to the utmost degree, completely, very thoroughly (obsolete); †(b) in the end, after all, when all is said and done (obsolete); (c) up to or until something ends; esp. up to the last moment of life, to the point of death.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > to the end

to the lasta1393

(to drain, drink, etc.) to the lees1611

to the end of the chapter1692

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > to the end

to the lasta1393

to (unto, into) the (such, etc.) utterance1475

to drink, drain, etc. to the dregs1711

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 2784 (MED) Til that Cupide to the laste..Hath determined and devised Unto what point he wol descende.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 255 Nece lo alwey to þe laste How-so it be þat som men hem delite.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 181^v When the Cite was sesit & Serchet to þe last.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. i. 101 Hee seem'd to find his way without his eyes, For out adoores he went..And to the last bended their light on me.

1665 Deposition, Mass. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 151 She flewe vpon the doge and bete hime to the last.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 355 He was always the same to the last.

1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 107 It..brands him to the last What atheists call him—a designing knave.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 665 To the last she preserved a tranquil courage.

1878 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 26 422/1 Almost from his boyhood, and to the very last, his thoughts were well-nigh engrossed by the radical problems of mind and matter.

1903 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 30 May 581/1 Maria Kraemer, aged 109 years, has just died. She was lucid to the last, and kept all her faculties intact.

1930 G. Greene Two Witnesses i. 18 This conception he held to the last, never shrinking from its austere demandingness.

2010 N. Hanson M. Eastman ii. xvii. 219 Those Germans fought to the last. Not one quit before he was killed or wounded so badly that he could not fight.

(ii) to (the) last: = till last at Phrases 1a(f)(i).

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 123 Pleasure seemes to reserue her dainties to the last, and for the last seruice and messe.

1711 J. Swift Let. 12 May (1768) IV. 334 I wonder why Presto will-be so tedious in answering MD's letters; because he would keep the best to the last, I suppose.

1824 W. E. Parry Jrnl. Second Voy. Discov. North-west Passage ix. 241 Every thing was re-embarked except the transit instrument and meridian-mark, these being left to the last for continuing the determination of the rates of the chronometers.

1920 Country Mag. (Univ. Wisconsin) Apr. 318/2 Saving his best to last, Mr. Dunlop could not repress a broad smile, as his foreman led forth the powerful iron gray champion, Dunure Footprint.

1972 L. Auchincloss I come as Thief i. viii. 78 He had left it to the last because he had thought it would be the easiest to put back.

2010 C. Cochrane Lessons in Temptation xi. 96 Jonty finished the end of his apple pie, spooning up the little soupçon of custard which he always kept to last for a special treat.

单词	to the last
释义	> as lemmas to the last (i) to the last: †(a) to the utmost degree, completely, very thoroughly (obsolete); †(b) in the end, after all, when all is said and done (obsolete); (c) up to or until something ends; esp. up to the last moment of life, to the point of death. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > to the end to the lasta1393 (to drain, drink, etc.) to the lees1611 to the end of the chapter1692 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > to the end to the lasta1393 to (unto, into) the (such, etc.) utterance1475 to drink, drain, etc. to the dregs1711 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 2784 (MED) Til that Cupide to the laste..Hath determined and devised Unto what point he wol descende. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 255 Nece lo alwey to þe laste How-so it be þat som men hem delite. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 181^v When the Cite was sesit & Serchet to þe last. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. i. 101 Hee seem'd to find his way without his eyes, For out adoores he went..And to the last bended their light on me. View more context for this quotation 1665 Deposition, Mass. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 151 She flewe vpon the doge and bete hime to the last. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 355 He was always the same to the last. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 107 It..brands him to the last What atheists call him—a designing knave. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 665 To the last she preserved a tranquil courage. 1878 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 26 422/1 Almost from his boyhood, and to the very last, his thoughts were well-nigh engrossed by the radical problems of mind and matter. 1903 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 30 May 581/1 Maria Kraemer, aged 109 years, has just died. She was lucid to the last, and kept all her faculties intact. 1930 G. Greene Two Witnesses i. 18 This conception he held to the last, never shrinking from its austere demandingness. 2010 N. Hanson M. Eastman ii. xvii. 219 Those Germans fought to the last. Not one quit before he was killed or wounded so badly that he could not fight. extracted from lastadv.adj.n.⁴ to (the) last (ii) to (the) last: = till last at Phrases 1a(f)(i). Π 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 123 Pleasure seemes to reserue her dainties to the last, and for the last seruice and messe. 1711 J. Swift Let. 12 May (1768) IV. 334 I wonder why Presto will-be so tedious in answering MD's letters; because he would keep the best to the last, I suppose. 1824 W. E. Parry Jrnl. Second Voy. Discov. North-west Passage ix. 241 Every thing was re-embarked except the transit instrument and meridian-mark, these being left to the last for continuing the determination of the rates of the chronometers. 1920 Country Mag. (Univ. Wisconsin) Apr. 318/2 Saving his best to last, Mr. Dunlop could not repress a broad smile, as his foreman led forth the powerful iron gray champion, Dunure Footprint. 1972 L. Auchincloss I come as Thief i. viii. 78 He had left it to the last because he had thought it would be the easiest to put back. 2010 C. Cochrane Lessons in Temptation xi. 96 Jonty finished the end of his apple pie, spooning up the little soupçon of custard which he always kept to last for a special treat. extracted from lastadv.adj.n.⁴ < as lemmas
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