hindmost
英 ['haɪn(d)məʊst]
美
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1. hind 的最高級.
英文詞源
- hindmost (adj.)
- late 14c., from hind (adj.) + -most.
Thra. What, if a toy take 'em i' the heels now, and they run all away, and cry, 'The devil take the hindmost'?
Dion. Then the same devil take the foremost too, and souse him for his breakfast! [Beaumont & Fletcher, "Philaster," Act V, Sc. 2, 1611]
雙語例句
- 1. Every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
- 人人都隻考慮自己，誰落後誰倒黴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In this business you have to be tough , and the devil take the hindmost.
- 做這一行必須心狠, 誰顧別人誰吃虧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The devil takes the hindmost.
- 讓逃得最慢的人被魔鬼抓去吧〔意為不管別人,隻顧自己逃命等〕.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The devil take the hindmost.
- 讓逃得最慢的人被魔鬼抓去吧(意為不管別人,隻顧自己逃命等).
來自辭典例句
- 5. It's a situation of dog - eat - dog and the devil takes the hindmost.
- 這是一個 自相殘殺 ;落後遭殃的局麵.
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