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.

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。

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.

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.

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

这次得最后才见分晓了

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。

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。

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。

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.

I never leave it down to the wire.

我从来不把工作拖到最后关头。

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。

This project will go down to the wire.

(这个计画将到最后的阶段. )

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。

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。

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。