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单词 last gasp
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last gasp

phrase
You describe something as the last gasp to emphasize that it is the final part of something or happens at the last possible moment.
[emphasis]
...the last gasp of a dying system of censorship.
He snatched a last gasp winner.
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last-gasp in British English

noun
(modifier)
done in desperation at the last minute
a last-gasp attempt to save the talks

last gasp

[journalism]
achieved at the last possible moment
It is more than 15 years since that famous last gasp drop goal in Sydney sunk Australiaand made Wilkinson a world superstar.
the very last stage of a long process or period of time
Eleven thousand years ago, at the last gasp of the ice age, the area was coveredwith rich, semi-deciduous forest, not dry grassland.

Examples of 'last-gasp' in a sentence
last-gasp

It seemed like an unbelievable last-gasp victory and he cried all the way through their wedding ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They would have remembered his famous last-gasp winner in the Manchester derby three years ago this month.
The Sun (2012)
That special night saw a last-gasp victory that sits proudly at the heart of our club's history.
The Sun (2008)
Story Four medals in three years have been followed by injury and a last-gasp attempt to show some form.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
GLOUCESTER were denied a valuable draw in France by a controversial last-gasp try.
The Sun (2010)
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