last的用法1：last的基本意思是“持续”“耐久”。引申可表示“够…之用，使得以维持下去，经受住”等。
last的用法2：last常用作不及物动词，不接宾语，也不用于被动结构，通常由介词for引起的时间状语修饰，延续时间短时for可省略。
last的用法3：last的现在分词lasting可用作形容词，在句中作定语表示“持久的”。
last的用法4：last作“够…之用，经受住”解时，可以把last sb/sth 看作是用作及物动词的短语动词last out省略了out。
last的用法5：last用作名词时，其复数形式不变。
1、 A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player
靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。
2、 Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories las t, even if contact is lost.
友情是理解，不是妥协；是原谅，不是遗忘。即使不联系，感情依然在。
3、 She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.
去年，她和一个叫麦克塔维什的男人私奔了。
4、 I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。
5、 The Liberal Democrat'ssupport fell away at the last minute.
自由民主党的支持率在最后一刻有所下降。
6、 He won last month's presidential election by a landslide.
他以压倒性多数赢得上月的总统选举。
7、 The army is still one of the last male bastions.
军队仍然是男人占据的最后堡垒之一。
8、 The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
去年，这个集团的纯利润率为30%。
9、 The spa is the last word in luxury and efficiency.
这家矿泉疗养浴场极尽奢华，功效极高。
10、 She made her first and only space flight last September.
她第一次也是唯一一次宇宙飞行是在去年9月。
11、 Poland provide the opposition for the Scots' last warm-up match at home.
苏格兰队在国内最后一场热身赛的对手是波兰队。
12、 Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November.
去年11月，军队被派往这些岛屿以恢复秩序。
13、 Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night.
两名男子昨天夜里在索尔兹伯里接受了警方盘问。
14、 She lifted the last of her drink to her lips.
她将最后一点饮料送到唇边。
15、 Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。