请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 down to the wire
释义

down to the wire

informal Used to denote a situation whose outcome is not decided until the very last minute: it was probable that the test of nerves would go down to the wire...
  • Many games especially those with playoff implications will go right down to the wire and be decided by a handful of points.
  • It could go down to the wire, but the Swedes could just hold their nerve best either in extra-time or penalties.
  • The game went down to the wire, each team trading baskets until we were tied at 80.
See parent entry: wire
随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/13 13:46:53