Betekenis van:
last resort
last resort
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- an expedient adopted only in desperation
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- They went to a resort in the mountains last summer.
- She relied on the medicine as a last resort.
- Non sequitur is the last resort of the inane.
- She is thinking of suing as a last resort.
- He supposed he could always quit the job in the last resort.
- When only death remains, the last resort is to beg for food.
- He borrowed some money from his father as a last resort.
- The USA will only use air strikes in the country as a last resort.
- The USSR will only use air strikes in the country as a last resort.
- If we can't get the money in any other way, we can, as a last resort, sell the car.
- To ensure the provision of universal service, Member States may appoint a supplier of last resort.
- Member States may appoint a supplier of last resort for customers connected to the gas system.
- It should be possible for Member States to appoint a supplier of last resort.
- Revocation of a licence should be considered as the last resort for extreme cases.
- The procedures described above imply that the State performs the role of guarantor of last resort.