The appointed hour of the ceremony was drawing nearer.

该仪式的指定时间正在临近。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

If you promise to meet someone at a certain time, you should be at the appointed place at the appointed hour.

如果你答应和某人在某时会面时，你就应该在约定的时间和地点到达。

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So why should someone who is going to work at the appointed hour think that he or she is fully prepared for the day?

一个准时上班的人怎能认为他已为当天的工作做好了充分准备呢？

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But her supervisor appointed her to the new job at the eleventh hour at the very last minute.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Many of the city's million residents are believed to have flushed at the appointed hour.

BBC: Synchronised toilet flush held in Zimbabwe's Bulawayo

According to press reports at the time, he spent the appointed hour on a 68-foot houseboat owned by the charity.

FORBES: Charity begins with a commission

At a certain appointed hour, the university decided to make its way in the world without me, and we parted company.

NEWYORKER: Live and Learn