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 only received the results at the eleventh hour.
  在最后关头我才收到了成绩。
• He did not turn up until the Eleventh hour.
  他直到最后一刻才出现。
• He turned up at the Eleventh hour!
  他在最后一刻出现。
• 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。
• On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, on the eleventh hour, we are here not to mourn them, but to praise them.
  在十一月十一日的第十一个小时，我们在一起，不是为了他们而悲伤，而是歌颂他们。
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
  他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
• 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。
• 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。
• The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
  罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
• 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。