The president's visit was called off at the eleventh hour. 总裁的这次访问到时取消了.
The bill was about to be defeated, but at the eleventh hour enough votes were found to pass it. 这个议案几乎要被否决,最后一刻却获得了足够票数得以通过。
eleventh
[ noun ]
position 11 in a countable series of things
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coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
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Eleventh \E*lev"enth\, a. [Cf. AS. endlyfta. See {Eleven}.] 1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.
2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.
3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.
Eleventh \E*lev"enth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.
2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
It is expected to be signed formally at the Washington peace talks, which enter their eleventh round this week. Many of the most difficult and sensitive details remain obscure.
Correction (Published 11th February 1993) appended to this article. THE FT500, in its eleventh year of publication, has come to be recognised as Europe's principal barometer of business.
Frank Lorenzo, chairman of Texas Air Corp., Eastern's parent, meanwhile, accused the Eastern unions of waiting until the eleventh hour to challenge a reorganization that it has known about for months.
The acquisition of an eleventh network is pending.
'We are at the eleventh hour and the 59th minute.' The US administration is scheduled to announce its healthcare reforms on May 1. The first lady, Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton, is heading the White House task force on the issue.
At the eleventh hour, the venerable communications firm got a reprieve.