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ultimatum

/uhl-tuh-mey-tuhm, -mah-/US // ˌʌl təˈmeɪ təm, -ˈmɑ- //UK // (ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm) //

最后通牒,最后通知书,最后通知,最后期限

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n.名词 noun
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    plural ul·ti·ma·tums, ul·ti·ma·ta [uhl-tuh-mey-tuh, -mah-]. /ˌʌl təˈmeɪ tə, -ˈmɑ-/.

    • : a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
    • : a final proposal or statement of conditions.

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Examples

  • Classical Academies CEO Cameron Curry called teachers’ interpretation of his message as an ultimatum a “misunderstanding” and said teachers would not be fired or removed for choosing not to return to the classroom.

  • The answer to your brother is that you really want to love your sister-in-law as you know he does, “but her ultimatums about the ex make it a challenge.”

  • I hardly want to issue a "weed or me" ultimatum — and I am not even anti-weed.

  • Facebook executives approached Ali Partovi, the creator of a popular app that used Facebook’s data, a decade ago with a threatening ultimatum.

  • This ultimatum shouldn’t be forced upon often-underpaid waiters, line cooks, and dishwashers.

  • Obama would then give Congress an ultimatum: Act by a certain date, perhaps a hundred days into the new Congress, or he will.

  • And so Scheunemann offered an ultimatum: Kick Spencer out, or he would leave.

  • So Giles issues Ellie an ultimatum: Find Matthew Smith and write a killer story, or find yourself a new job.

  • This is an ultimatum seeking a target in the disorienting matrix of asymmetric warfare.

  • Putin said there had been no ultimatum for Ukrainian forces to surrender, as was widely reported Monday.

  • The manhood of Homestead rebelled: the millmen scorned the despotic ultimatum.

  • On receiving this ultimatum, the magistrates asked for time to communicate with the Elector and the King of England.

  • But, probably realising the futility of such a course, he changed his mind, and delivered an ultimatum from the top step.

  • After favouring me with his ultimatum, the Vicomte looked at me expectantly.

  • On the 9th of October, 1899, the Transvaal Government presented an ultimatum.