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ultimatum

noun
🔊/ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm/
🔊/ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm/
(plural ultimatums, ultimata
🔊/ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtə/
🔊/ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtə/
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  1. a final warning to a person or country that if they do not do what you ask, you will use force or take action against them最后通牒
    • to issue an ultimatum发出最后通牒
    • The government denied that it had presented the union with an ultimatum.政府否认曾给工会发出过最后通牒。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + ultimatum
    • deliver
    • give somebody
    • issue
    • …
    ultimatum + verb
    • demand something
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin, neuter past participle of ultimare ‘come to an end’.