eleventh

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e·lev·enth1 /ɪˈlevənθ/ S3 W3 adjectiveadj

1 coming after ten other things in a series 第十一(个)的

in the eleventh century

在11世纪

her eleventh birthday

她的11岁生日

2 the eleventh hour ON TIMEthe last moment before something important happens 〔重大事件即将发生前的〕最后一刻，最后时刻

At the eleventh hour the government decided that something had to be done.

政府在最后一刻决定采取行动。

Examples from the Corpus

the eleventh hour• It has come at the eleventh hour.• The Billabong had been saved at the eleventh hour.• Alas, this knowledge comes at a time when it is virtually the eleventh hour for the tiger.• At the eleventh hour, Halifax has stepped into the breach.• At the eleventh hour, he underestimated the Stealers - as if they had only been his playthings.• There wouldn't be any later, unless somehow, at the eleventh hour, I freed Karen from her sterile remorse.• At the eleventh hour, the Government decided something had to be done, and fast.• And, suddenly, just as had happened to Michael Banks, at the eleventh hour the rhythm started to come.

—eleventh pronoun

I’m planning to leave on the eleventh (=the 11th day of the month).

我打算11号走。

Examples from the Corpus

eleventh• Tomorrow is her eleventh birthday.

the eleventh• The meeting is on the eleventh.

eleventh2 noun [countableC]

one of eleven equal parts of something 十一分之一

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