A presidential race that is down to the wire is very close.

到了最后关头的总统竞选就接近胜利了。

These two terms also come from horse racing. So does down to the wire.

这两个术语也出自赛马，" down to the wire（最后关头）" 也是。

This is coming down to the wire.

这要归结为电线。

So does down to the wire.

连线也是如此。

If something goes " down to the wire, " what's going on?

如果某事“下线” ，那是怎么回事？

Anthony (Anthony) wants to know the meaning of the expression " down to the wire."

安东尼（Anthony）想知道“下线” 这个表达的意思。

Well, it's gonna come down to the wire.

结果即将揭晓了。

I understand that, but it's now down to the wire.

托马斯：我明白这一点，但现在已经到了关键时刻。

The game was very close and went right down to the wire.

【wire】比赛竞争非常激烈，直到最后才见分晓。

You may wonder where this expression " down to the wire" comes from.

您可能想知道“下线”这个表达是从哪里来的。

So if something is down to the wire it means it goes until the very last moment.

因此，如果事情到了最后一刻，这意味着它会持续到最后一刻。

When we say something is " down to the wire, " we mean it is right before a deadline.

当我们说某件事“即将完成” 时，我们的意思是它正好在最后期限之前。

It goes right down to the wire – it goes right to the end before you know who won.

它一直到最后一刻——在你知道谁赢了之前就一直到最后。

There promised to be much more battling over economic policy, with the race in a dead heat going down to the wire.

经济政策方面的争论将更加激烈，双方势均力敌，直到最后关头。

And number five, we have: " Down to the wire" , which means something came down to the very last moment.

第五，我们有：“Down to the wire”，意思是事情到了最后一刻。

Talks on a new free trade deal are going down to the wire, with new tariffs and customs threatening to disrupt ports in the new year.

新自由贸易协定的谈判即将面临最后期限，新关税和海关制度可能在新的一年扰乱港口。

Oh, well, it certainly is. And in fact, that was part of the problem with actually getting this agreement formed. It came right down to the wire.

当然是。事实上，这也是达成协议的过程中面临的部分问题。这项协议在最后期限前达成。

And then the party that Netanyahu was negotiating with down to the wire is the nationalist religious party that strongly supports increasing Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

在最后时刻还在与内塔尼亚胡协商的政党是坚决支持在约旦河西岸增加犹太人定居点的民族宗教党。

" To go down to the wire, " then, means to be working on something right up until the time by which you have to finish it.

“To go down to the wire， ”然后，意思是一直在做某事， 直到你必须完成它。

If you say something is going right down to the wire, you mean that it isn't going to be completed until right before the final moment, right before a deadline.

如果你说某件事情快要完成了，你的意思是它要到最后一刻之前才能完成， 就在截止日期之前。