the last straw是什么意思_the last straw的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

We've been married 25 years and this carrying on under my nose was the last straw.

我们已经结婚25年了，而我眼皮底下发生的这事儿使我最终忍无可忍。
For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw.

对他来说，教堂允许妇女被授予圣职的决定使他再也不能容忍下去了。
That was the last straw for mom.

那是妈妈最后的救命稻草。
That's the last straw.

真是忍无可忍了。
The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最后一根稻草压断骆驼的背。

释义

a further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a whole series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable

最终使人无法忍受的一击；终于导致失败（或垮台）的因素

his affair was the last straw.

他的风流事是最终导致他垮台的因素。［ORIGIN from
the proverb the last straw breaks the (laden) camel’s back.] a straw in the wind a slight hint of future developments

（预示将来发展的）迹象，预兆，苗头。