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

• 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。
• He turned up at the Eleventh hour!
  他在最后一刻出现。
• 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。
• The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
  罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
  他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
• If you do something – usually involving a difficult decision to make – at the eleventh hour, you do it at the last moment, when you absolutely have to.
  如果你在第十一个小时做某事（经常是做一个艰难的决定），你到最后不得不做的时候才做。
• 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。
• However, it is a pity that he should always cram at the eleventh hour.
  然而，很可惜的是他总是临时抱佛脚。
• Waiting until the eleventh hour to validate quality through testing inevitably extends both the schedule and budget.
  直到最后一刻不可避免地通过测试来确认质量，既延长了进度，也扩大了预算。
• And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
  约在酉初雇来的人来了，各人得了一钱银子。