down to the wire

It was a neck and neck horse race right down to the wire.

这次跑马赛从头到尾都胜败难分.

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Subsequently, a rock-climbing rescue team from the end of the race to buy down to the wire to move closer to safety tether on him, and then slowly pulled his end.

随后，一名攀岩救援队员从终点沿着钢索向赛买提靠拢，将安全绳系在他身上，再缓慢地将他拉到终点。

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We can't go to a restaurant tonight – we're really down to the wire.

今晚我们不能去饭馆吃饭了——我们几乎身无分文了.

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Play-off games always seem to go down to the wire.

加时赛看起来双方比分总是咬得很紧.

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Thomas: I understand that, but it's now down to the wire.

托马斯：我明白，但现在已经是最后一刻。

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The game was very close and went right down to the wire.

比赛竞争非常激烈,直到最后才见分晓。

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It came down to the wire, but Chris finished the report on time.

已经到最后关头了，不过克里斯准时完成报告。

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Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.

谈判人员又是直到最后时刻才达成了协议。

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It's going to come down to the wire on this one.

这次得最后才见分晓了

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This competition will probably come down to the wire!

这场比赛的结果恐怕要到最后一刻才会见分晓。

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But it was never that easy when it came down to the wire, when we were face to face.

但是到了那个时候，我们面对面的时候，却从来不会那么容易。

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The choice of which candidate to hire came right down to the wire, as there were two applicants1 we liked very much.

最终选择聘用哪位应聘者，我们直到最后一刻才决定，因为我们对那两位应聘者都很满意。

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The two horses were neck and neck all the way down to the wire.

一直到终点两匹马都并驾齐驱,互不相让.

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I never leave it down to the wire.

我从来不把工作拖到最后关头。

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I think the election will go right down to the wire.

我认为选举结果要到最后一刻才能分晓。

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This project will go down to the wire.

(这个计画将到最后的阶段. )

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Obviously a final match like this coming down to the wire, you can't get anything better than that.

显然在一场决赛像这样在的最后关头获胜，我们不可能做得比这更好了。

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They weren't sure which car to buy. But when it came down to the wire, they chose the cheaper one.

例句他们一直对买什么车犹豫不决，但最终，他们选择了一辆比较便宜的。

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In Florida, site of down to the wire voting in past elections, NPR's Debbie Elliott is covering a polling site in Tampa.

佛罗里达州在以往大选中都是到最后一刻才完成投票，NPR新闻的黛比·埃利奥特在坦帕的某处投票站带来报道。

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