criteria [krai'tiəriə]

标准（复数名词）

(plural noun) Standards used to guide the making of decisions. (NOTE singular form: criterion)

EXAMPLE: Our company has developed a list of important criteria for hiring new employees that includes their education, their experience, and their attitudes towards work.

我们公司制定了一份招聘新员工的重要标准，其中包括他们的教育、经验和工作态度。

last-ditch effort

最后一搏，孤注一掷

A final, desperate attempt to avert catastrophe.

EXAMPLE: For one month my uncle put everything in his shop on sale for half price in a last-ditch effort to increase sales, but still no one wanted his products, and so he closed the shop permanently.

一个月来，我叔叔孤注一掷，将店里的所有商品半价出售，力图增加销售额，但还是没人想买他的产品，所以他永远关了商店。