汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
() yā/yà () luò () tuó de/dì/dí zuì () hòu gēn dào cǎo
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

真正的问题并不在于毫无争议的趋势,而在于2008是否会出现压死骆驼的最后一根稻草

The real question here is not this tendency, which is indisputable, but whether 2008 proves the straw that breaks the camel's back.

这是一根稻草,但是骆驼的背已经超载了。

That's one straw, but the camel's back is already overloaded.

自然灾害往往成为压垮栈桥所有者的最后一根稻草。

A natural disaster is often the last straw for pier-owners.

压死骆驼的最后一根稻草,就算未来面临着不确定,也还是让你毅然要把生活抛在脑后的决定性时刻。所有的这一切,都是为了去追寻和探索那个在呼唤着你的名字的未知浩瀚世界。

The final straw, that defining moment you decide to leave behind life as you know it and face uncertainty, all for the desire to explore the big, unknown world that's calling your name.

⊙、胸中没有大目标,一根稻草压断腰; 胸中有了大目标,泰山压顶不弯腰。

Chests are not big goals, a straw that broke the waist;

他差点儿被汽车压死。

He narrowly missed being run over by a car.

那人被一根倒下的梁木压住了。

The man was pinned down by a fallen beam.

海浪冲击着他,把他抛来抛去,仿佛他是一根小树枝或是稻草。

The waves played with him and tossed him about as if he were a twig or a bit of straw.

他婶婶尖叫着:“啊…,压死我啦!”

His aunt was shrieking, "Something is crushing me!"

周六,在旧金山一名妇女被倒下的树压死。

One woman was killed Saturday by a falling tree in San Francisco.