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 wish peace could be saved at the eleventh hour.
  我希望在最后的时刻和平能够到来。
• I only received the results at the eleventh hour.
  在最后关头我才收到了成绩。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He did not turn up until the Eleventh hour.
  他直到最后一刻才出现。
• 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。
• If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish.
  如果你想要撕裂它除了在最后一刻，并重新开始，你永远不会结束。