at the eleventh hour

基本解释

But at the eleventh hour, when I was packing to go back home, they called and said they wanted to hire me.
但是直到我在整理行装准备回家的最后一刻，他们才打电话来说想要雇用我。
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Naughty: You call in favors at the eleventh hour, stressing out vendors and well-connected friends who are very busy during the holidays.
敷衍的：你总是喜欢擅作主张的在深夜十一点给那些压力非常大的供应商、或在假期总是很忙的好朋友打电话。
Each time European policymakers reacted similarly: with denial and dithering, followed at the eleventh hour with a half-baked rescue plan to buy time.
欧洲的决策者们每次都做出相似的反应：先是优柔寡断、否认事实，然后在最后时刻提出一个不成熟的方案来争取时间。

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

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