last/ lɒːst /

1.adjective [+visit] [ trip] [ letter] 
(most recent) 最近的

Much had changed since my last visit.
自我最近一次拜访以后,那里发生了很大的变化。
2.adjective [+Monday] [ July] [ weekend etc] 


last Monday
上个星期一
3.adjective [+bus] [ hope etc] 
(final) 最后的

He missed the last bus home.
他错过了回家的最后一班车。
4.adjective
(of series,row) 最后的

the last classroom along the passage
走廊里的最后一个教室
the last three pages of the chapter
这一章的最后3页
5.adjective [+traces] [ piece etc] 
(remaining) 剩下的

the last piece of pizza
剩下的一块比萨饼
6.adjective
(for emphasis) 最不的

The last thing I wanted to do was teach.
我最不想做的事就是教书了。
You are the last person I'd confide in!
你是我最不信任的人!
7.pronoun
(previous one) 上一个

The next tide would be even higher than the last.
下一次的潮水要比上一次的还高。
8.pronoun
(final ones) 最后一个

Which address is the last on your list?
你单子上的最后一个地址是哪一个?
The trickiest bits are the last on the list.
最棘手的是单子上的最后一个。
9.pronoun
(for emphasis) 最后一个

He is the last person I would think of.
他是我最不会考虑的一个人。
I would be the last to say that science has explained everything.
我绝对不觉得科学已经解释了所有事情。
10.pronoun
(remainder) 剩下的

He finished off the last of the wine.
他把剩下的葡萄酒喝完了。
We've eaten the last of the pineapples.
我们把剩下的菠萝都吃了。
11.adverb
(most recently) 最近

They last saw their homeland nine years ago.
他们最近一次看到故乡是9年以前了。
12.adverb
(at the end) 最后

He added the milk last.
他最后把牛奶加进去。
13.adverb
(in final position) 最后

14.vi.
(continue) 持续

Their marriage only lasted six months.
他们的婚姻只持续了6个月。
The war in Croatia lasted until January 1992.
克罗地亚的战争一直持续到1992年1月。
15.vi.
(stay fresh) 保鲜

A fresh pepper lasts about three weeks.
新鲜的辣椒能保鲜约3个星期。
16.vi.[money] [ commodity+] 
(be sufficient) 够用

The curry lasted for two nights.
这些咖哩饭够两个晚上用了。
last week
上个星期
I had lunch with him last week.
我上个星期跟他一起吃的午饭。
last night
昨晚
17.vi.
(during the night) 昨天夜里

the last time
最后一次
18.vi.
(the previous time) 上一次

at (long) last
终于
the last I heard
最近一次我听到的是
I'm always the last to find out
我总是最后一个知道
the night/Christmas before last
前天晚上/前年圣诞节
our house is the last but one
我们的房子是倒数第二个
the last president but one
倒数第二个总统
last but not least
最后一个,但不是不重要的
it lasts (for) 2 hours
持续了两个小时
it can't/won't last
它不会持久