somebody's/something's last gasp

DIEthe time when someone is about to die, or when something is about to stop happening or existing 某人/某物的最后一口气

the last gasp of an industry in decline

一个没落行业的最后一口气

Examples from the Corpus

somebody’s/something’s last gasp• This cold spell appears to be winter's last gasp for the year.• But it also was the last gasp for a team on the slide.• Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.• Sometimes even negative change is interpreted as merely the last gasp of the resistant old order.• That is the way to add people on their last gasp to the repossessed list, not reduce it.• This is the last gasp of the Romantic revolution that Beethoven instigated.• Whether it is a rebirth or a last gasp remains to be seen.

→ somebody’s/something’s last gasp at gasp2(1)

单词	somebody's/something's last gasp
释义	somebody's/something's last gasp somebody's/something's last gasp DIEthe time when someone is about to die, or when something is about to stop happening or existing 某人/某物的最后一口气 the last gasp of an industry in decline 一个没落行业的最后一口气 Examples from the Corpus somebody’s/something’s last gasp• This cold spell appears to be winter's last gasp for the year.• But it also was the last gasp for a team on the slide.• Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.• Sometimes even negative change is interpreted as merely the last gasp of the resistant old order.• That is the way to add people on their last gasp to the repossessed list, not reduce it.• This is the last gasp of the Romantic revolution that Beethoven instigated.• Whether it is a rebirth or a last gasp remains to be seen. → somebody’s/something’s last gasp at gasp2(1)
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