| 释义 |
last-minuteˌlast-ˈminute ●○○ adjective [only before noun]   NOUN► change· Further investigations will reveal a last-minute change of plan, bringing the ever popular Syd Little to an even greater public.· The Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc.· The last-minute change saved his life: 61 Squadron's aircraft was lost on the raid.· Any hope that he might have a last-minute change of heart became just a bit brighter on Thursday.· The industry is expected to excuse itself by highlighting the last-minute change in voters' allegiances, reflected in the last polls.· His morning was punctuated by a series of last-minute changes of mind, over both his words and his wardrobe.· He had read some of the more discreet passages for the evening audience, having had a last-minute change of plan.· They had to overcome engineering problems, a last-minute change of keel, and the withdrawal of their sponsor. ► reprieve· The team even received some compensation in the event of a last-minute reprieve being granted to the condemned person.· The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve, however, if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar.· London zoo gets reprieve CLOSURE-threatened London Zoo has been given a last-minute reprieve because so many people want to visit it.· Their protest was part of the bid to win a last-minute reprieve for Parkside, Lancashire's last remaining mine.· But any last-minute reprieve may come too late. happening or done as late as possible before something else happens:  a few last-minute changes to the script |