home straight

英 [həʊm streɪt]

美 [hoʊm streɪt]

n.  (赛跑的)最后阶段，冲刺阶段; (活动等的)最后部分，接近完成的阶段

牛津词典

noun

• （赛跑的）最后阶段，冲刺阶段
  the last part of a race
• （活动等的）最后部分，接近完成的阶段
  the last part of an activity, etc. when it is nearly completed

双语例句

• Holmes matched Boulmerka stride for stride down the home straight to finish second.
  霍姆斯在最后冲刺阶段和布尔梅卡齐头并进，最后获得了第二名。
• He made a fast finishing burst and overtake the leaders on the home straight.
  他快速做最后的冲刺，在冲刺线前超过了领先者。
• The only time I got their attention was when I brought home straight A's on my report card.
  我唯一一次引起他们注意是我把全优成绩单带回家的时候。
• For years I had watch her come home from school and head straight out to it's cage, free it and play with it in the yard.
  几年来，我都看见她放学后径直走到兔子的笼子，把兔子放出来和它在院子里玩耍。
• He sometimes sends patients home with a blue dot to put on their computer screens as a reminder to sit up straight and stretch and take a deep breath when they feel pain.
  有些时候，他会让患者把一个蓝色的圆点贴纸带回家贴到电脑上，以此提醒患者在感觉到酸痛时，应该坐直、舒展身体并深呼吸。
• Liuzzi lost ground on the opening lap and had to chase team mate Scott Speed all the way home, his STR01 hitting the rev limiter down the straight.
  里尤兹在一开始就失去了位置，只能追着自己的队友斯科特-斯毕德把车开回了终点，他的STR01赛车在直道上撞上了转速限制器。
• New home prices across 70 cities tracked by the government fell by an average 0.9 per cent between June and July, the sharpest tumble in three straight declines, according to a weighted average calculated by Reuters.
  路透（Reuters）计算的加权平均值显示，6月至7月，政府跟踪的70个大中城市的新房均价环比下降0.9%，为三次连续下跌中的最大降幅。
• Don't let him drive home in that condition! He can't even see straight.
  别让他在这种状况下开车回家！他连东西都看不清楚。
• When he reached home he went straight up to his wife's sitting-room.
  他到家后，直奔妻子的起居室。
• Moreover, bankers have expressed disappointment that some would-be buyers have reached the advanced stages of a sales process only for their interest to fade on the home straight.
  另外，让银行家们感到失望的是，一些潜在买家已经到了出售过程的后期，但在最后冲刺阶段，兴趣却减退了。