last

英 [lɑːst] 美 [læst]

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解释

n. 末尾，最后；上个；鞋楦（做鞋的模型）
adj. 最后的；最近的，最新的；仅剩的；最不可能…的
vi. 持续；维持，够用；持久
vt. 度过，拖过；使维持
adv. 最后地；上次，最近；最后一点
n. (Last)人名；(英、德、葡、罗、瑞典)拉斯特

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中文词源

last 最后的

缩写自latest,最后的，late的原最高级拼写形式。

last 坚持，持续，鞋楦

来自PIE*leis,踩踏，小径，犁沟，词源同learn,lore.引申词义坚持，持续，同时用于指鞋楦。

英文词源

last: last: [OE] Modern English has three separate words last, two of which are related. The adjective, meaning ‘after all others’, originated in prehistoric Germanic as the superlative form of late; its modern Germanic relatives include German letzt and Dutch laatst. The verb last ‘continue’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *laistjan ‘follow a track’, which also produced modern German leisten ‘perform, afford’.

This was derived from *laisti-, as was ultimately the noun last, which in Old English meant ‘footprint’ (‘shoemaker’s model foot’ is a secondary development). The general semantic thread ‘following a track’ can be traced back further via Germanic *lais- (a variant of which gave English learn) to Indo-European *leis- (source of Latin dēlīrāre, literally ‘deviate from a straight track’, from which English gets delirious [18]).
=> delirious, late, learn
last (adj., adv.): "following all others," from Old English latost (adj.) and lætest (adv.), superlative of læt (see late). Cognate with Old Frisian lest, Dutch laatst, Old High German laggost, German letzt. Meaning "most recent" is from c. 1200. The noun, "last person or thing," is c. 1200, from the adjective. Last hurrah is from the title of Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel. Last word "final, definitive statement" is from 1650s. A dying person's last words so called by 1740. As an adjective, last-minute attested from 1913. Last-chance (adj.) is from 1962.
last (v.): "endure, go on existing," from Old English læstan "to continue, endure," earlier "accomplish, carry out," literally "to follow a track," from Proto-Germanic *laistjan "to follow a track" (cognates: Gothic laistjan "to follow," Old Frisian lasta "to fulfill, to pay (duties)," German leisten "to perform, achieve, afford"), from PIE *leis- (1) "track, furrow" (see learn).

Related to last (n.), not to last (adj.). Related: Lasted; lasting.
last (n.): "shoemaker's block," from Old English læste, from last "track, footprint, trace," from Proto-Germanic *laist- (cognates: Old Norse leistr "the foot," Middle Dutch, Dutch leest "form, model, last," Old High German leist "track, footprint," German Leisten "last," Gothic laistjan "to follow," Old English læran "to teach"); see last (v.).

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例句和用法

1. A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player: 靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。

2. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.: 友情是理解，不是妥协；是原谅，不是遗忘。即使不联系，感情依然在。

3. She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.: 去年，她和一个叫麦克塔维什的男人私奔了。

4. I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.: 我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。

5. The Liberal Democrat'ssupport fell away at the last minute.: 自由民主党的支持率在最后一刻有所下降。