English Dictionary

finest hour

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed.

日本語の意味

最も輝かしい時（例：特に素晴らしい行動が行われる瞬間や時期） / 最高の栄光の時（特筆すべき成果や行為が顕著に発揮された時） / 歴史に残る栄光の瞬間

After months of setbacks, the rescue team had their finest hour when they located the survivors in the collapsed tunnel.

数か月の挫折の後、救助隊は倒壊したトンネルで生存者を発見したときに最も輝かしい瞬間を迎えた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed.

意味（2）

1940 June 18, "Churchill Says Hope Not Dead," San Jose Evening News, p. 1 (retrieved 28 August 2013):

Winston Churchill proclaimed today to his Parliament and people the beginning of the battle for Britain. . . . Let us brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: ‘This was their finest hour.’

意味（3）

1979 August 2, Peter Calamai, "Analysis: It's brave words and bad vibrations," Edmonton Journal (Canada), p. D20 (retrieved 28 August 2013):

Commonwealth countries were called upon to rise to their finest hour against the double crises of Rhodesia and global poverty.

意味（4）

2010 Oct. 13, Tim Padgett, "Chile Celebrates As Miners Emerge from Underground," Time (retrieved 28 August 2013):

The U.S. exulted 40 years ago when it brought its three Apollo 13 astronauts back safely from a disaster in space. Early Wednesday morning, Chile . . . can celebrate its own finest hour as it rescues its 33 miners from the abyss.

finest hours （ plural ）