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

• 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。
• 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。
• He had to give in at the Eleventh hour.
  他不得不在最后时刻屈服。
• Sally always waits until the eleventh hour to study for her exams.
  萨利总是等到最后时刻才开始为考试学习。
• 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。
• The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
  罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
• 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。
• But her supervisor appointed her to the new job at the Eleventh hour& at the very last minute.
  但她的上司在最后一刻任命她在在新工作上任。
• You should not wait till the eleventh hour to draft the speech.
  你不应等到最后一刻才起草演讲稿词。
• 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。