英语词汇“have the last word”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

have the last wordhave the final/last word

to say the last statement in a discussion or argument.

Tim can't bear to lose an argument. He always has to have the last word.

to make the final decision about something.

Our head chef has the final word on what is served each week.

(usually + on)

have the last word

To say the final words in an argument or discussion, especially one that decisively or conclusively ends it. Everyone started shouting, trying to have the last word, and the whole meeting just descended into chaos. David is so smug, making a point to have the last word in every debate.

have the last word

1 make or have the right to make the final decision or pronouncement about something. 2 carry out a final and conclusive action in a process or course of events.

have the last ˈword

make the final point in a discussion or an argument: She always likes to have the last word in any argument.

last word, to have the

To have the final say in a decision, or the closing rejoinder in a debate. This term is very old indeed, dating from the sixteenth century. One version, by Ben Jonson in his play A Tale of a Tub (1633), became a proverb: “He will have the last word though he talk bilk for it.—Bilk! What’s that?—Why nothing: a word signifying Nothing; and borrowed here to express nothing.” More recently, the New York Times played on the expression in a headline over an article about lexicographers: “In Land of Lexicons, Having the Last Word” (March 19, 2005).

词汇	have the last word
释义	Idiom have the last wordhave the final/last word 1. to say the last statement in a discussion or argument. Tim can't bear to lose an argument. He always has to have the last word. 2. to make the final decision about something. Our head chef has the final word on what is served each week. (usually + on) have the last word To say the final words in an argument or discussion, especially one that decisively or conclusively ends it. Everyone started shouting, trying to have the last word, and the whole meeting just descended into chaos. David is so smug, making a point to have the last word in every debate. have the last word 1 make or have the right to make the final decision or pronouncement about something. 2 carry out a final and conclusive action in a process or course of events. have the last ˈword make the final point in a discussion or an argument: She always likes to have the last word in any argument. last word, to have the To have the final say in a decision, or the closing rejoinder in a debate. This term is very old indeed, dating from the sixteenth century. One version, by Ben Jonson in his play A Tale of a Tub (1633), became a proverb: “He will have the last word though he talk bilk for it.—Bilk! What’s that?—Why nothing: a word signifying Nothing; and borrowed here to express nothing.” More recently, the New York Times played on the expression in a headline over an article about lexicographers: “In Land of Lexicons, Having the Last Word” (March 19, 2005).
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