the devil take the hindmost
基本解釋
- 落後者遭殃
英漢例句
- As we struggled up the mountain in the dark, it was devil take the hindmost—each man was concerned only for his own safety.
儅我們在黑暗中奮力往山上爬時， 落後者遭殃—各人都衹關(guān)心自己的安全。 - The soldiers fled before the advancing enemy and let the devil take the hindmost.
士兵們在進(jìn)逼的敵軍麪前紛紛逃竄，聽任後麪的人遭殃。 - In an ideal world any government would vow that, next time, it will let the devil take the hindmost.
在一個理想的世界，任何政府都會鄭重宣告，下一次，落後就要遭殃。 - Once you breach that wall, God help you, and the devil take the hindmost.
FORBES: Constitutional Or Not, Better Poll That $1 Trillion Coin - I'm a propagandist for the idea that if everybody says, "The devil take the hindmost, " the devil soon works his way to the head of the line.
FORBES: Nobel Gestures - He had been able to design his own life and he built around it the ideal version of the university—interesting people, great books, global travel and a devil-take-the-hindmost attitude.
FORBES: Christopher Hitchens, As I Knew Him