1.使人不能忍受的最后一击;使人不支而垮下的因素
1.a minor annoyance that, because it comes at the end of a series of other misfortunes, makes a situation unbearable
1.The last straw came when Paige's eldest son Bruce came to stay. He asked her to buy chicken, and Paige ended up eating half of it.
Paige大儿子留下来是最后一根稻草（起到关键作用），他让她买些鸡肉，结果Paige吃了一半。
2.Mary's grunting continuously annoyed her husband, and her mother's staying with them was the last straw.
玛丽的不断唠叨已经使她丈夫很烦，她母亲来和他们一块住更使他们的关系雪上加霜。
3.But on the streets of Athens, there is a sense that this latest effort to placate Greece's lenders may be a last straw for the public.
但是，从雅典街头的气氛看来，这个取悦贷款人的最新举措可能会成为压垮公众的最后一根稻草。
4.This was the last straw in an ongoing battle over the search provider's discomfort with China's censorship policies.
这是搜索服务提供商对中国的审查制度所能接受的忍耐极限。
5.John has always been a trouble maker at school but when he set fire to someone's locker, it was the last straw and he was expelled.
约翰在旱校总是制造麻烦，当他对某人的橱柜放火时，实在让人忍无可忍，所以他被开除了。
6.A few years ago I even wrote a post here about the sort of last-straw day that gets me into a 'chuck it all' mood.
几年前，我甚至还在这个栏目里写了一篇文章，谈到那种让我几乎无法承受、直想甩手不干的日子。
7.This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.
我再也无法忍受了。我当时很年轻，我要在一个女人手下工作，这对我简直是最大的侮辱。
8.It was the last straw for her ; she packed up and moved North and regained her life.
她忍无可忍，只好整理行装，搬到北部，重新生活。
9.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。
10.Afghanistan war is what Vietnam War repeats itself, which will be the last straw to break the back of the American hegemonic power.
阿富汗战争成为另一个越战，它将成为压垮美国霸权的最后一根稻草。