rearguard [ˈrɪrgɑ:rd]

例句:

• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished.
  两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。
  来自《权威词典》
• Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.
  厄本先生越来越像为了保住工作作最后一搏的那些人。
  
• The government is fighting a rearguard action against the mass of public opinion.
  政府冒天下之大不韪负隅顽抗.
  
• Some think it's a carnivorous rearguard action against the vegans.
  来自THETIMES
• The geese had goslings...and...fought a spirited rearguard action in their defence.sssss M. Meyer
  来自P. Pearce
• Led by the Dutch, they fought a rearguard action to preserve something of the semi-automatic weapon.
  来自ECONOMIST