听说学英语日报No.091

Do you hear those drums upstairs? I've asked them over and over again to practice before 10, and it's 11 now. This is the last straw. I'm going to call the police.

◆the last straw
字面词义：最后一根稻草。
真正含义：忍无可忍；再也无法忍受。

◆句子翻译
你听见了楼上的鼓声了吗？我一遍又一遍的告诉他们在10点以前练习，但现在已经是11点了，简直忍无可忍，我要给警察打电话了。

1、She can't bear the noise upstairs! This is the last straw!
她对楼上的噪声忍无可忍啦！
2、The service in this shop has been bad before, but this is the last straw.
这家商店的服务一向不好，但这一次实在是叫人受不了。
3、Japan's National Railways lost $14 billion in 1985; this was the last straw leading to its privatization.
日本国营铁路1985年亏损美金140亿元，再也无法支持，以致改为私营。
4、After all the expense I've has recently, the final demand for payment of the gas bill was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
最近我付掉了所有的费用，但最后还要付的煤气帐单终于使我不堪负担了。

5、That's the last straw.
我再也受不住了！
6、It is said that her son died in the battle, but there has been no official announcement; that's the last straw she clutches at.
据说她的儿子已战死，不过还没有接到官方通知；这就是她所仅存的最后一线希望。
7、She has had a terrible struggle this winter through her son being out of work, and now her husband's accident may well prove to be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
由于儿子失业，她苦苦挣扎着熬过了这个冬天，现在丈夫又出事故，这可使好垮了下来，再也受不了了。
8、Bill had a bad day in school yesterday. He lost his knife on the way home, then he fell down, and when he broke a shoe lace, that was the last straw and he began to cry.
比尔昨天上学很不愉快。在回家的路上丢了小刀，而且又跌倒，最后当他弄断鞋带时，他就再也忍不住地哭了起来。