eleventh hour

1. N-SING 最后时刻
   If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
   1. He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
      他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
   2. ...last night's eleventh hour agreement.
      昨晚最后一刻达成的协议

1. He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
   他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
2. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
   约在酉初雇来的人来了，各人得了一钱银子。
3. However, it is a pity that he should always cram at the eleventh hour.
   然而，很可惜的是他总是临时抱佛脚。
4. Waiting until the eleventh hour to validate quality through testing inevitably extends both the schedule and budget.
   直到最后一刻不可避免地通过测试来确认质量，既延长了进度，也扩大了预算。
5. If any guest failed at the eleventh hour, Todd was asked to dine.
   如果有什么客人到时不能来，托德就会被请来凑数。
6. Suddenly a small task has become a crisis at the eleventh hour.
   但一旦小任务到了最后时刻，也不禁会成为一次危机。
7. It was at the eleventh hour that he got wind of what had happened.
   直到结果一刻他才弄清楚到底发生了什么事。
8. I wish peace could be saved at the eleventh hour.
   我希望在最后的时刻和平能够到来。
9. That newspaper at the eleventh hour inesrted an important news item on its front page.
   那家报纸在最后五分钟把一条重要的消息插入头版。
10. We only received the official signatures at the Eleventh hour.
    我们在最后一刻才收到正式签字。
11. I was asked, at the Eleventh hour, to step in and direct the play.
    到了最后一刻我才被请去导演那出戏。
12. The workers struck for higher wages, but they gave in to the boss at the eleventh hour.
    工人们为了增加工资而罢工，但他们在第十一小时向老板屈服了。
13. You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
    你总跟人们说关键时刻就快来了。
14. But her supervisor appointed her to the new job at the Eleventh hour& at the very last minute.
    但她的上司在最后一刻任命她在在新工作上任。
15. You should not wait till the eleventh hour to draft the speech.
    你不应等到最后一刻才起草演讲稿词。
16. He turned up at the Eleventh hour!
    他在最后一刻出现。
17. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish.
    如果你想要撕裂它除了在最后一刻，并重新开始，你永远不会结束。
18. The news that our volleyball team had won the game came to us at the Eleventh hour.
    最后时刻传来我们排球队胜利的喜讯。
19. Sally always waits until the eleventh hour to study for her exams.
    萨利总是等到最后时刻才开始为考试学习。
20. If you have been worried about losing your home, you may find a solution if you look for it-and it will come at the eleventh hour, against all odds.
    如果你一直担心失去你的家，你会找到一个你期待的情况，出现在第11个小时，对抗所有的奇怪事情。
21. He did not turn up until the Eleventh hour.
    他直到最后一刻才出现。
22. On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, on the eleventh hour, we are here not to mourn them, but to praise them.
    在十一月十一日的第十一个小时，我们在一起，不是为了他们而悲伤，而是歌颂他们。
23. The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
    罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
24. I only received the results at the eleventh hour.
    在最后关头我才收到了成绩。
25. He had to give in at the Eleventh hour.
    他不得不在最后时刻屈服。
26. The clock of the centuries points to the eleventh hour.
    因为这世代的钟已经走到午夜十一点了。
27. The patrol was almost surrounded and then, at the eleventh hour, reinforcements arrived.
    这支巡逻队几乎被包围了，而值此危急之时援军赶到了。
28. I finished it at the eleventh hour, but I wasn't late.
    我是在最后的时刻完成的，但没晚哦。
29. If you do something – usually involving a difficult decision to make – at the eleventh hour, you do it at the last moment, when you absolutely have to.
    如果你在第十一个小时做某事（经常是做一个艰难的决定），你到最后不得不做的时候才做。

noun

1. the latest possible moment
   1. money became available at the eleventh hour
   2. at the last minute the government changed the rules

   Synonym:    last minute