last-ditch effort

基本解释

Their frantic recourse to the policy of strength is nothing but the deathbed frenzy of the weak and the last-ditch effort to prevent their ruling system from its collapse.
他們最後的狂怒沒有任何作用，除了進一步証明他們垂死掙紥的軟弱以及爲了防止其政權崩潰所做的最後的沒有退路的努力。
The decay heat must still be absorbed, however, and as a last-ditch effort the emergency core cooling system can be activated to flood the entire containment structure with water.
衰變熱仍然需要被吸收，然而，作爲最後的努力，緊急冷卻循環系統可以用水來充滿整個反應堆的外殼結搆來激活。
But his “last-ditch effort” is simply “at slowing things down”, and this bold venture takes the form of typing another memo to his boss.
不過他“建立最後防線的努力”也僅僅是“推遲即將發生的事情”，而這個勇敢的冒險以另一份備忘錄的形式提交給他的上司。

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