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

(b) U.S. colloquial. to walk the last mile: (of a prisoner sentenced to death) to walk to the execution chamber; (also more generally) to be executed.

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1930 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 11 July 1/5 There was no faltering as he walked ‘the last mile’ to the execution chamber.

1932 Harper's Monthly Mag. 1 Dec. 369/1 Crowley..posthumously enjoys fame..even greater than was lavished on him before he walked the last mile.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 June ii. 34 Scenarios of the final meal, ‘walking the last mile’,..and the presumed dignity of the condemned as he said his departing words were often discussed in graphic detail.

2008 M. Gado Death Row Women iii. 58 When he was removed from his cell to walk the last mile, Camora said good-bye to Faraci.

单词	to walk the last mile
释义	> as lemmas to walk the last mile (b) U.S. colloquial. to walk the last mile: (of a prisoner sentenced to death) to walk to the execution chamber; (also more generally) to be executed. ΚΠ 1930 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 11 July 1/5 There was no faltering as he walked ‘the last mile’ to the execution chamber. 1932 Harper's Monthly Mag. 1 Dec. 369/1 Crowley..posthumously enjoys fame..even greater than was lavished on him before he walked the last mile. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 June ii. 34 Scenarios of the final meal, ‘walking the last mile’,..and the presumed dignity of the condemned as he said his departing words were often discussed in graphic detail. 2008 M. Gado Death Row Women iii. 58 When he was removed from his cell to walk the last mile, Camora said good-bye to Faraci. extracted from lastadv.adj.n.⁴ < as lemmas
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