| 词汇 | down-to-the-wire |
| 释义 | down to the wireidiom until the last moment that it is possible to do something: 直到最后一刻 go down to the wireI think the election will go right down to the wire (= be won at the last moment).我认为选举结果要到最后一刻才会见分晓。 Late about timephrase be/come/arrive late to the partyidiom behindhand belated delayed eleventh last late adopter late developer late in the dayidiom nick not a moment too soonidiom overdue owl shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has boltedidiom the last minuteidiom unpunctual unpunctuality until all hoursidiom wire down to the wire | American Dictionarydown to the wireidiom having a result that is not known until the end: I think the election will go right down to the wire. Examples of down to the wiredown to the wire We always knew that we would be going right downtothewire on this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While their two previous matchups went downtothewire, the result of this particular game was never in doubt. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Anyone could have won as it went downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As with the rest of my life, it all came downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With a home crowd behind them, the game came downtothewire, and was tied at the end of regulation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both games in 2006 were tight contests that came downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The title fight again went downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He publicly predicted that the race would come downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And the game would go downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They're coming downtothewire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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