英和和英

読み方 さいご

名詞

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The last:（=の） the last; the final; the ultimate

用例

• 病人は最後まで正気でいた
  He was conscious to the last.

• 最後まで忠義を立て通した者が四十七名
  The forty-seven remained faithful to the last.
• 最後まで奮闘する
  to fight to the last―fight to the death―die in the last ditch
• 最後まで勇戦奮闘したのは敵ながらあっぱれだ
  To their honour be it said that the enemy fell fighting to the last―fell fighting to the death.
• 最後まで奮闘する決心だ
  I am determined to fight to the last drop of my blood.
• 最後の手段
  the last resort―the last resource―the last shift―the final appeal―extreme measures―extremes―extremities
• 腕力に訴えるのは最後の手段だ
  Force is the last resort.
• 戦争は最後の手段だ
  The sword is the final appeal.
• 最後の手段として法律に訴えたのだ
  I went to law as a last resource―in the last resort.
• 最後の手段を取る
  to take extreme measures―go to extremes―proceed to extremities
• 最後の手段を取る気は無かった
  I had no mind to go to extremes.
• やむを得ず最後の手段を取ったのだ
  I was driven to extremities.
• 最後の勝利を得る
  to gain the final victory―gain the ultimate victory
• 賊軍は城山で最後の奮闘を試みた
  The rebels made a final struggle at Shiroyama.
• 勝敗は最後の五分に在り
  The last five minutes decide the day.
• 最後の幕
  the last scene―the final act
• これが親の最後の言い付けです
  This is my father's dying injunction.
• 最後の通牒
  the ultimatum

2

用例

• 最後に来た人
  （the man who came last―と言わずして） the last man who came.

• 彼は最後に来た
  （He came last―と言わずして） He was the last man who came―the last to come―the last to come.
• 最後に受けた傷が致命傷となった
  The last wound he received proved mortal.
• 彼は最後に去った
  He left last of all―（とも言うが、通例は）―He was the last to leave.
• 船が沈没する時は船長が最後に船を去る
  The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.

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〈以下特例〉

用例

• あの男ににらまれたら最後だ
  It is all over with you if you incur his displeasure.

• あの男に見込まれたら最後だ
  Woe to you if he marks you for his victim!
• あの男に物を貸したら最後もう返しっこは無い
  If you lend him anything, good-by to it!
• 彼に逢ったら最後きっと殴られるぞ
  If you meet him, you are in for a thrashing.
• あの人は言い出したら最後決して後へは引かぬ
  Once he says he will do anything, he never swerves from his resolution.
• いやだなどとぬかしたら最後、命は無いぞ
  If you refuse, you are a dead man.

読み方 さいご

名詞

One's last moments; one's end; one's death; one's fate

用例

• 病人は最期まで正気でおった
  He was conscious to the last.

• これが親の最期の言い付けです
  This is my father's dying injunction.
• 最期を遂げる
  to meet one's end―meet one's death―meet one's fate―die
• 男らしい最期を遂げた
  He met his fate like a man.
• 非命の最期を遂げた
  He died a premature death―came to an untimely end.
• 非業の最期を遂げた
  He died by violence―died a violent death.
• 悲惨な最期を遂げた
  He met a tragical end.
• はかない最期を遂げた
  He met a sudden death―died a sudden death.
• 毒を仰いで最期を遂げた
  He destroyed himself by taking poison.
• ピストルで最期を遂げた
  He blew his brains out―shot himself through the heart.
• 最期の水
  water given to a dying man―the last draught on earth