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deadline

/ded-lahyn/US // ˈdɛdˌlaɪn //UK // (ˈdɛdˌlaɪn) //

截止日期,最后期限,期限,截止时间

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
    • : a line or limit that must not be passed.
    • : a boundary around a military prison beyond which a prisoner could not venture without risk of being shot by the guards.

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Examples

  • So there are fewer truly overwhelming buyers this season, though that doesn’t mean there are fewer teams who could stand to improve at the deadline.

  • In addition, the California Department of Social Services – which regulates assisted living facilities — did not provide complaint investigation data by deadline.

  • Faced with a tight deadline by the New York-based property owners and the prospect of either a significant rent hike or eviction, officials needed a financier.

  • Now, the company is facing a fast-approaching deadline to reach a deal, or risk facing a complete shutdown of its American business.

  • County spokeswoman Sarah Sweeney said the county is also considering whether to apply for funds but does not expect to submit any applications before state’s initial deadline next week.

  • It was Dec. 20, 1991, the deadline for the New Hampshire primary.

  • But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.

  • Conservatives have made clear they want Republican leaders to use the December deadline to confront the president on immigration.

  • A curse-filled half hour that saw my blood boil as my filing deadline ticked further into the past.

  • I love the quote that Sharon Klein gave in the release on Deadline.

  • It had to be delivered exactly one week before the deadline that had been set by the receivers for closing the plant.

  • It still lacked several minutes of his deadline when he rushed into the Press office and laid his story on the city editors desk.

  • It was morning before he could return to the food warehouse—and one day closer to his deadline.

  • There would be exactly one hour's supply of oxygen when he was thrown out and it still lacked five minutes of the deadline.

  • Now, he had to make it to a twenty-minute deadline, without rope or alpenstock, a Moon-man adapted to a fraction of Earth gravity.