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 wish peace could be saved at the eleventh hour.
  我希望在最后的时刻和平能够到来。
• He turned up at the Eleventh hour!
  他在最后一刻出现。
• 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。
• He had to give in at the Eleventh hour.
  他不得不在最后时刻屈服。
• 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。
• I only received the results at the eleventh hour.
  在最后关头我才收到了成绩。
• The workers struck for higher wages, but they gave in to the boss at the eleventh hour.
  工人们为了增加工资而罢工，但他们在第十一小时向老板屈服了。
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
  他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
• 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。
• 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。