柯林斯詞典deadline /?d?d?la?n/ (deadlines) 1. N-COUNT A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done. 最後期限 We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays. 由於生産延誤，我們沒(méi)能在截止日期前完成工作。 返回 deadline劍橋詞典a time or day by which something must be done 最後期限；截止日期 There's no way I can meet that deadline. 我根本無(wú)法在那個(gè)期限內(nèi)完成。 We're working to a tight deadline (= we do not have much time to finish the work ). 我們的工作期限很緊。 I'm afraid you've missed the deadline - the deadline for applications was 30 May. 恐怕你已經(jīng)錯(cuò)過(guò)了槼定的期限——申請(qǐng)的截止日期是5月30日。 例句 The end of the year was their self-imposed deadline for finishing the building work .The final deadline for submissions is 21 February .Now that the deadline is approaching we all feel under pressure .Do you think we will be able to meet our deadline?We haven't got a hope in hell of meeting such a tight deadline. 返回 deadline