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 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。
• If any guest failed at the eleventh hour, Todd was asked to dine.
  如果有什么客人到时不能来，托德就会被请来凑数。
• 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。
• We only received the official signatures at the Eleventh hour.
  我们在最后一刻才收到正式签字。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。