England shook off a traumatic start to the World Cupon Wednesday to beat tiny Slovenia and squeeze into the second round while the United States booked their place with alast-gasp goalagainst Algeria.
英格兰队本周三终于将本届世界杯赛的杯具开端甩在了身后,战胜了实力较弱的斯洛文尼亚队,艰难挤进下一轮。而美国队则凭借对阵阿尔及利亚队时的绝杀锁定头名位置。
文中的last-gasp goal就是指“绝杀球”,是指在比赛的最后时刻攻破对方球门,对方已没有反扑的机会。last-gasp形象地形容出了“最后一搏”的紧张激烈状态,比如The team were at their last gasp when the whistle went.(球队正做最后拼搏,这时哨声响了。)用来形容人的时候,也可以表示“临终,奄奄一息”。