中文翻译与英英解释

1.绳索的散端，末端，零头；烟头；布头(等)。
2.残渣，废渣。
3.〔美俚〕上当，吃亏 (get the fag end 上了当)。

fag:    vt. (-gg-) 1.使疲劳。 2.磨损，拆散(绳索 ...

end:    n. 1.端，尖，末端，终点。 2.边缘；极点，极限。 ...

the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
同义词：tail, tail end,

例句与用法

He only heard the fag end of their conversation .
他只听到他们交谈中无足轻重的部分。

Her natural composure was sadly ruffled , and jessica was doomed to feel the fag end of the storm
她今天由于发脾气失去了往日的平和，所以该杰西卡倒霉，要遭池鱼之灾。

Reagan and mr clinton both offset their domestic troubles with big foreign initiatives at the fag end of their presidencies ? reagan by negotiating with mikhail gorbachev and mr clinton by throwing himself into trying to bring peace to ireland and the middle east
里根和克林顿先生都在他们总统生涯的末期将精力从国内问题转到国外问题上：里根和米哈伊尔?戈尔巴乔夫展开谈判，克林顿先生则致力于爱尔兰和中东地区的和平事业。