负隅顽抗fù yú wán kàngmake a last stand;make (/put up) a last-ditch fight (/struggle); [of an enemy or a robber] fight stubbornly with one’s back to the wall; put up a desperate (/stubborn/stiff)resistance; turn (/come) to bay; cornered but continue to fight
❍ 最后牛元峰逃到镇东头的小寨里，指挥着一个多营～，死不投降。(徐海东《奠基礼》) Niu Yuanfeng escaped to the little hamlet east of the town and put up a stubborn resistance with barely over a battalion of men.
❍ 尽管末日来临，他们总不甘心自己的失败，妄图争取喘息时机，～。At death’s door,they refused to take their defeat lying down,tried to gain a respite and resisted desperately. 负隅顽抗(of an enemy or criminal) put up desperate resistance with one’s back to the wall;fight stubbornly against |