rearguard

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The porters are fighting a rearguard action against change.
搬運(yùn)工人如今正為反對(duì)政策變化而進(jìn)行著一場后衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)斗。
With Mr Obama throwing his weight behind internet privacy, this rearguard action is less likely to be successful.
以奧巴馬不注重網(wǎng)絡(luò)隱私問題的性子，這次后衛(wèi)行動(dòng)不太可能成功。
But America's soldiers, tied to the valley roads by the weight of their gear and not trained to march, were victims of an enemy that could climb the hills overlooking their rearguard.
但美國大兵由于裝備過重，被困在了河谷地區(qū)的崎嶇道路上，加上平時(shí)很少行軍，結(jié)果都成了山頭上偵查美軍后續(xù)部隊(duì)的敵人手中的獵物。

Led by the Dutch, they fought a rearguard action to preserve something of the semi-automatic weapon.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
Vociferous groups, both on the left and the right, are still fighting a rearguard action.
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Evangelicals have ever since been relegated to fighting rearguard battles in an increasingly bellicose culture war.
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the people who are the last in a row or group, especially in a military situation

In a battle, the rearguard is a group of soldiers who protect the back part of an army, especially when the army is leaving the battle.
If someone is fighting a rearguard action or mounting a rearguard action, they are trying very hard to prevent something from happening, even though it is probably too late for them to succeed.