last-man-standingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

last man standing (countable and uncountable, plural last men standing)

1. (countable) The final person remaining in a battle or competition after everyone else has been eliminated.

   One contestant will be eliminated at the end of every round. The last man standing wins $1,000,000.

   • 2003, Ray Green, Demize, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 170:

     “Good idea,” Robbo said. “I'm sure there are going to be more rounds in this fight. It's a matter of who wins the last round because there are no judges awarding points here. Last man standing is the winner.”

   • 2013 December 12, Vincent M. Gaine, “Last (White) Man Standing: The Philosophy of Racial Responsibility in The Last of the Mohicans and The Last Samurai”, in Kathryn Anne Morey, editor, Bringing History to Life through Film: The Art of Cinematic Storytelling, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 66:

     Like The Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai criticizes the “sickness of greed.” The Mohicans and the samurai are lost, but principles of theirs can survive because the last man standing is white, like us, and we can lean from him, if we are willing to “face life.”

   • 2019 November 26, Sara Driscoll, No Man's Land, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 221:

     “So you're saying this fund did well. If they reinvested some of the profits into additional shares, then the profits have continued to grow,” Kate stated.
     “And when you're talking about winner takes all,” Sykes said, “the last man standing is going to have a very, very nice payout.”

2. (video games, uncountable) A multiplayer deathmatch gameplay mode in which the last surviving player is the winner.
   • 2003, Bart Farkas, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Official Strategy Guide, Bradygames, →ISBN, page 7:

     In Last Man Standing mode, you are in an arena with the other player, but you cannot directly attack one another. Instead, you must fight the enemies, and the player who fights the best and survives the longest, wins.

   • 2022 April 18, W. C. Collier, OUTSIDERS: Vol. I, BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN:

     “Remember that last-man-standing mode they had for a while?” she asked as they goofed around in the rally locationwhile waiting for the next match to begin.
     “The one where it was, like, twenty teams on one map? Last team standing wins? Battleground Mode, or whatever?”

参考

• last stand