最后一刻

• last minute
• eleventh hour
• last moment

例句

1. 这个议案几乎要被否决，最后一刻却获得了足够票数得以通过。
   The bill was about to be defeated, but at the eleventh hour enough votes were found to pass it.
2. 他本来答应来的，但到最后一刻又要求不来了。
   He had promised to come but begged off at the last minute.
3. 让我们在最后一刻再练一下剧本。
   Let's read the play through at the last minute.
4. 为慈善事业筹集资金我自愿参加跳伞，可是在最后一刻我临阵害怕了，结果没有完成任务。
   I volunteered to do a parachute jump to raise money for charity but I got cold feet at the last minute and didn't to through with it.