the last straw

常见例句

双语例句

• A natural disaster is often the last straw for pier-owners.
  自然灾害往往成为压垮栈桥所有者的最后一根稻草。
• The last straw, however, was a small, irritating detail: The smell of burnt cheese.
  而最后的导火线却是一个微不足道的恼人细节：烧奶酪的气味。
• It was the last straw, but Martin gripped the arms of his chair and talked and listened for half an hour.
  那是压断了骆驼背脊的最后一根稻草，但马丁仍然抓住椅子扶手，和他交谈了半个小时。

权威例句

• The highly inflammatory rhetoric used by government leaders to sell the ill-conceived TARP program was the last straw.
  FORBES: The Inept Financial Reform Bill
• For Shiites I spoke to, the attack on the shrine was simply the last straw.
  NPR: The Mood in Najaf, Shiite Stronghold
• And it was - a lot of people think it was the last straw for him.
  NPR: Middle East Commander Fallon Steps Down
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