at the eleventh hour最后一刻，最后时刻；最后关头；最危急的时刻；关键时刻

at the Eleventh hour不是“在十一点”；在十一点是at 11（o’clock）或at eleven o'clock:

源自《新约·马太福音》20 章。故事说：有个葡萄园园主想雇几个工人到葡萄园去干活，他从一大早就开始雇人，前后雇了几批工人到园里干活。古代中东人把日出日落分为十二等分（每一等分为一个 hour），雇到最后一批人的时候已是黄昏时刻(the eleventh hour),但是付工钱时，早上来的和傍晚来的都一视同仁地得到了一整天工资（一枚银币），弄得一大早就开始干活的人极为不满，心想早知如此，还不如十一点钟来，因为只要不超过十二点，都能得到同样的报酬。后来人们就用 at the eleventh hour 来表示“在最后一刻”，“在最后的关头”。

He had to give in at the Eleventh hour.

他不得不在最后时刻屈服。

He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.

他在最后时刻推迟了行程。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

She finished the last question at the eleventh hour!

她在最后一刻完成了最后一个问题！

She always turned her term papers in at the eleventh hour.

她总是赶在最后时刻才交论文。

An agreement was reached at the Eleventh hour.

协议在最后一刻才达成。

We only received the signatures at the eleventh hour.

我们在最后一刻才收到签字。

She always turned her term papers in at the eleventh hour.

她总是在最后一刻才交她的学期论文。

We don't worry about death until the eleventh hour.

没有到最后一刻我们不担心死亡。

Aunt Machida got married at the eleventh hour; after all, she was already 49 years old.

玛蒂尔达姨妈在最后一刻结婚了；毕竟她已经49岁了。

Some of the exhibitions were cancelled at the eleventh hour.

一些展览在最后一刻被取消了。

Then, at the eleventh hour, I had an accident that almost stopped me from entering the competition.

在最后一刻，我出了点事故差点阻止我参加比赛。

I only received the results at the eleventh hour.

在最后关头我才收到了成绩。

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。

The criminal was trying to burst the ship, and at the eleventh hour the police came out.

犯罪分子正在试图炸毁整条船，关键时刻警察出现了。

Tom caught the train at the eleventh hour.

汤姆在最后时刻刚好赶上火车。

I looked everywhere to find my passenger ticket. Then I found it at the eleventh hour.

我到处找我的机票。终于在最后一刻找到了。

The patient was saved at the eleventh hour.

病人是在最后一刻才被抢救过来的。

Their plan was called off at the eleventh hour.

他们的计划在最后时刻被取消了。

It's at the eleventh hour when a man knows true value of life.

人总是在最危急的时刻才真正了解生命的价值。