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

• Waiting until the eleventh hour to validate quality through testing inevitably extends both the schedule and budget.
  直到最后一刻不可避免地通过测试来确认质量，既延长了进度，也扩大了预算。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 had to give in at the Eleventh hour.
  他不得不在最后时刻屈服。
• 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。
• He did not turn up until the Eleventh hour.
  他直到最后一刻才出现。