at the eleventh hour
/ət ði ɪˌlevənθ ˈaʊə/NEUTRAL · C1
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字面意思: «在第十一個小時»
意思
at the last possible moment before a deadline
在截止前的最後一刻.
例句
- 1After weeks of silence, the venue confirmed our booking at the eleventh hour.
- 2We found a replacement speaker at the eleventh hour, just before the conference opened.
- 3The sponsor signed at the eleventh hour, minutes before the evening deadline expired.
- 4After months of refusing, the landlord agreed at the eleventh hour, just before we signed elsewhere.
- 5Our missing costumes turned up at the eleventh hour; the audience was already taking their seats.
文法
the eleventh hour 前用 at。在這個片語中,hour 保持單數。
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