ultimatum
nouna 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
- …
- demand something
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin, neuter past participle of ultimare ‘come to an end’.