last-ditch

1. ADJ A last-ditch action is done only because there are no other ways left to achieve something or to prevent something from happening. It is often done without much hope that it will succeed. 孤注一擲的[ADJ n]

...a last-ditch attempt to prevent civil war. …阻止內(nèi)戰(zhàn)發(fā)生的最后一搏。