Question of the Day #659

Acting Mayor Kim Janey bowed out at the last minute to take part in a City Hall press conference with DA Rachael Rollins about the Chauvin verdict.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at the Universal Hub.

上記の文で、last minuteの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "last minute" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔時間的な〕直前の、間際の、土壇場の

Answer

According to :

the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event

Examples

• He always leaves his homework until the last minute.
• At the last minute, we found our tickets.
• They’re easy to order at the very last minute, easy to give from afar and they’ll spread the gifting fun out over weeks and months.
GIFT GUIDE: LAST-MINUTE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO KEEP THE GIFTS GOING ALL YEAR|GREG KUMPARAK|DECEMBER 23, 2020|TECHCRUNCH
• The original deadline thus snapped back into effect at the very last minute. — Richard Pildes, Star Tribune, "All those fights over late-arriving mail ballots in 2020 were much ado about very little," 13 Apr. 2021
• The original Election Night deadline thus snapped back into effect at the very last minute. — Richard Pildes, The Conversation, "There’s a surprising ending to all the 2020 election conflicts over absentee ballot deadlines," 7 Apr. 2021

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