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

• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
  他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had to give in at the Eleventh hour.
  他不得不在最后时刻屈服。
• Suddenly a small task has become a crisis at the eleventh hour.
  但一旦小任务到了最后时刻，也不禁会成为一次危机。
• 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。
• 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。
• The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
  罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
• 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 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。