the first but last one的意思|示意

Asia ranks first both in area and in population among the seven continents. Europe is second to Asia in population, but in area it is the last but one.

亚洲在面积和人口方面位列大洲首位，欧洲在人口方面仅次于亚洲，在面积上位列倒数第二。

One of them, I don't remember if it was the first one or the second one last time, but it really doesn't matter.

其中一个，我不记得上次是第一个还是第二个，但这无所谓。

Rules: and ordinary words, like Solitaire, from the previous one took the last letter first letter of a person. But then the word must be a noun.

规则：和普通的单词接龙一样，由上一个人的最后一个字母接下一个人的开头字母。

We were actually one of the last to start, but we're going to be one of the first to finish, " said Martin Alintuck, director of communications for the USA Pavilion."

我们的场馆是开工修建时间比较靠后的一个场馆，却是最先完成的场馆之一。”美国馆公共关系负责人马丁•阿林图科表示。

This isn't the first time we've featured a homemade Zoidberg hat, but whereas the last one was a full face-covering, this one is more subtle and versatile.

这已经不是第一次我们自制“佐依伯格医生”帽子，上次我们做的是能把整张脸包住的，而这次的更精巧实用。

We see the retrenchment figures going up in the first quarter already. I think I don't know what the latest Numbers are, but the last one which was union mentioned nearly 5000 in the first quarter.

我们已经看到缩减开支的数据了，我不知道最新的数据，但是根据去年的数据第一季度它已达到5000(不知道是什么)。