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正面 131.last
英 [lɑːst]美 [læst]

背面
释义:
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
例句:
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。

1. late => last.2. last其实是late的最高级latest的简化变体. 所以其含义自然也就一目了然、显而易见了。
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。
lastlast: [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, learnlast (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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