eleventh hour

英 [ɪˈlevnθ ˈaʊə(r)]

美 [ɪˈlevnθ ˈaʊər]

n.  最后时刻

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 最后时刻
  If someone does somethingat the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
  1. He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
     他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
  2. ...last night's eleventh hour agreement.
     昨晚最后一刻达成的协议

英英释义

noun

• the latest possible moment
  1. money became available at the eleventh hour
  2. at the last minute the government changed the rules
  Synonym:last minute

双语例句

• I was asked, at the Eleventh hour, to step in and direct the play.
  到了最后一刻我才被请去导演那出戏。
• The patrol was almost surrounded and then, at the eleventh hour, reinforcements arrived.
  这支巡逻队几乎被包围了，而值此危急之时援军赶到了。
• On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, on the eleventh hour, we are here not to mourn them, but to praise them.
  在十一月十一日的第十一个小时，我们在一起，不是为了他们而悲伤，而是歌颂他们。
• That newspaper at the eleventh hour inesrted an important news item on its front page.
  那家报纸在最后五分钟把一条重要的消息插入头版。
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
  他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
• The news that our volleyball team had won the game came to us at the Eleventh hour.
  最后时刻传来我们排球队胜利的喜讯。
• Suddenly a small task has become a crisis at the eleventh hour.
  但一旦小任务到了最后时刻，也不禁会成为一次危机。
• I finished it at the eleventh hour, but I wasn't late.
  我是在最后的时刻完成的，但没晚哦。
• You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
  你总跟人们说关键时刻就快来了。
• He had to give in at the Eleventh hour.
  他不得不在最后时刻屈服。