last表时间持续的用法?要注意什么呢?

last
a.最后的,末尾的,最近的,晚了,迟到了
v.持续,支持,维持
ad.最后,后来
n.最后,末尾,临终,鞋楦头
Examples:
1.He was the last to arrive.
他到得最晚.
2.He has lived here for the last few years.
过去的几年他一直住在这里.
3.The hot weather lasted until September.
炎热的天气持续到九月.
4.Which line comes last in this poem?
这首诗的最后一行是什么?
5.And last but not least there is the question of adequate funding.
最后同样重要的是要有足够的资金的问题.
6.In the last resort we can always walk home.
大不了我们走回家就是了.
7.At long last a compromise was agreed on.
通过互让最终达成折衷协议.
8.Ten years ago this dress was considered the last word in elegance.
十年前这种连衣裙还算是最高雅的款式呢.