英文短语“have the last laugh”从字面儿上就能看出来，赢得最后的笑容不就是“笑到最后”嘛！

生活中这种情况可不少，希望大家都能“have the last laugh”！

have the last laugh

笑到最后，取得最后胜利

【En】

to finally be successful, win an argument etc, after other people have earlier criticized you, defeated you etc.

在别人批评你、打败你之后，最终获得成功、赢得争论等等。

to succeed when others thought you would not.

当别人认为你不会成功时，你却成功了。

to win after apparent defeat and discomfiture.

在明显的失败和狼狈之后获胜。

to make your critics or opponents look foolish or wrong, by becoming successful when they said that you would fail.

让批评你的人或对手看起来愚蠢或犯了错误，在他们说你会失败的时候你却成功了。

to ultimately achieve success after encountering adversity or doubt from others.

在遭遇逆境或别人的怀疑后最终取得成功。

● Men make jokes about women drivers, but women have the last laugh – their insurance rates are cheaper.

男人会拿女司机开玩笑，但女人笑到最后——她们的保险费率更便宜。

● The boys thought they had tricked the girls by locking them in the kitchen. But the girls had the last laugh when the boys got hungry and realized they couldn't get into the kitchen for food.

男孩们自认为他们把女孩锁在厨房里骗了她们。但实际上当男孩们饿了，才意识到他们进不了厨房找食物时，女孩们笑到了最后。

【Scenario Example 场景示例】

● After so many people dismissed her, Lisa had the last laugh by moving to Hollywood and becoming a well-known character actress.

在那么多人解雇她之后，丽莎笑到了最后，她搬到了好莱坞，成为了一名著名的角色演员。

● We'll have the last laugh when they learn we got the contract.

等他们知道我们得到了合同，我们一定会笑到最后。

● She was fired from the company last year, but she had the last laugh when she was hired by their main rival at twice the salary.

她去年被那家公司解雇了，但她笑到最后，因为她被他们的主要竞争对手以高出一倍的薪水雇用了。

● When he invented this machine, everybody laughed at it, but he's sold 10 000 of them. He certainly had the last laugh.

当他发明这台机器时，每个人都嘲笑它，但他卖出了1万台。他确实笑到了最后。

● I had the last laugh when everyone mocked my old-fashioned shoes. It turned out they were the latest trend.

当大家都在嘲笑我过时的鞋子时，我却笑到了最后。事实证明，这双鞋才是最新潮流款。

● Everyone assumed Tom would come last in the race, but he had the last laugh when he finished first!

所有人都以为汤姆会在赛跑中落在最后，但他却第一个完成了比赛，笑到了最后！

● She was mocked for her lack of political experience. But she has had the last laugh. Her party has increased its number of seats from 112 to perhaps 150.

她因缺乏政治经验而受到嘲笑。但她笑到了最后。她的政党已经将其席位从112席增加到大约150席。

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