eleventh hour

短语

n. 最后一刻, 危急之时

发音

AU

词形变化

eleventh hours 复数 eleventh hours

别名

eleventh-hour 11th hour

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute.

    可数 习语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

last minute

上位词 4

second minute moment instant

词源

From a parable in the Bible of workmen hired at the eleventh hour (that is, late in the day), known as the Parable of the Workers of the Eleventh Hour or the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: * King James Bible, Matthew 20:6 & 20:9: *: And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? … And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

来源：wiktionary