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

• The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
  罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
• We only received the official signatures at the Eleventh hour.
  我们在最后一刻才收到正式签字。
• 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。
• 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。
• He did not turn up until the Eleventh hour.
  他直到最后一刻才出现。
• I only received the results at the eleventh hour.
  在最后关头我才收到了成绩。
• It was at the eleventh hour that he got wind of what had happened.
  直到结果一刻他才弄清楚到底发生了什么事。
• 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 clock of the centuries points to the eleventh hour.
  因为这世代的钟已经走到午夜十一点了。
• 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。