down to the wire
基本解释
- 等到最後一刻才開始做事，最後關頭
英汉例句
- In the sleeping-cars, there are wire hoops hanging down underneath the seats to which you can padlock your luggage.
臥鋪車廂的座位下有鉄絲鉤，你可以把行李鎖在這個上麪。 - Russian aircraft programmes - even in Soviet times - have often had year-end deadlines to complete first flights that came down to the wire.
俄羅斯的飛機項目——甚至在囌聯時代——就經常設立年終期限以在最後期限前完成第一批飛機。 - Subsequently, a rock-climbing rescue team from the end of the race to buy down to the wire to move closer to safety tether on him, and then slowly pulled his end.
隨後，一名攀巖救援隊員從終點沿著鋼索曏賽買提靠攏，將安全繩系在他身上，再緩慢地將他拉到終點。 - The Black Satellites have battled through some adversity to reach the final, edging South Africa in extra time in the first elimination match, and surviving a pair of exciting 3-2 games that came down to the wire in the quarter and semifinals.
- Coming off a down-to-the-wire win at Dallas the day before, the Lakers wanted to slow down the Nuggets but just couldn't keep up with their younger, more athletic and, yes, better-rested opponents.
NPR: Chandler Leads Nuggets Past Lakers, 119-108 - Each year, it was a down-to-the-wire, nail-biter speech.
FORBES: Governor Kasich Goes Wild - They trail the powerful Vancouver Canucks two games to none, though a pair of down-to-the-wire losses suggests that Boston has a chance to make it a long series as they head to home ice for the next two games.
FORBES: Another Promising Season for NHL
雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
词组短语
- be down to the wire 拮據的
- come down to the wire 最終
- You 're down to the wire 你已無路可走
- Down -to-the-Wire 期限已近
短語
英英字典
- until the last moment that it is possible to do something