late

英[leɪt]美[leɪt]

adv.晚，迟，接近末期，临近日暮；

adj.接近末期，迟的，近日暮的，已故的；

比较级：later;

*高级：latest;

名词：lateness;

例句

I'm sorry I'm late; it took me so long to walk through the deep snow.很抱歉我来迟了, 在深雪中行走花了我好长的时间。

He was late again today; it's time you spoke to that boy.那个男孩今天又迟到了, 你该说说他了。

Go to sleep now; it's late.快睡吧, 很晚了。

Don't wait dinner for me; I may be late.不要等我吃晚饭, 我可能会晚点回来。

He came home very late at night.他夜里很晚才回家。

It was too late by the time he got to the authorities.待他和当*取得联系时为时已晚。

He got choked off for being late.他因迟到挨了批评。

Don't be late again or you'll hear from him.别再迟到了, 否则他会责骂你的。

If you don't buck up, we'll be late.如果你不快些, 我们就会迟到了。

I'm sorry I'm late; I slept through the clock this morning.对不起我迟到了, 今早我睡得太沉, 没听见闹钟响。

英语六级真题

Yet later on, the more affluent children end up in college and on the way to the middle class, while working-class children tend to struggle.

Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion.

Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as modern art would later be; it was genuinely invented and developed in America.

By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.

Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and above all, Rome, as the culmination ( ' , 终极) of their classical education.

And because those influence educational success and later earnings, early childhood experiences cast a lifelong shadow.

More than a decade later, there was no sign of the ecosystem re-building itself.

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.

A new effort led by Canoe Ventures, a coalition of leading cable providers, aims to make interactive advertising available across America later this year.

A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those unadaptable and untrained workers.

Ning Xu, 53, the chief of the Chinese base, said over tea during a fierce blizzard ( ' , 暴风雪) in late November.

Later in these series, you will hear from Stacy Collins and Mill Wilson, fellow social workers at the National Association of Social Workers.

We should take our future into consideration in making decisions concerning climate change before it is too late.

Twenty years later, it was purposefully dropped to make way for Negro.

Traditionally, guidelines have heavily influenced the practice of medicine, and the latest ones are expected to make doctors more conscious of the economic consequences of their decisions, even though there's no obligation to follow them.

By the time we wake up to the threat posed by climate change, it could well be too late.

By the late 1960s, that term was overtaken by Black.

Are people suffering from gadget overload? Are they exhausted by the consumer equivalent of the brain fatigue—information overload—that is caused by constant updates of devices and online media?As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

"We do weather monitoring here and other research."ning Xu, 53, the chief of the Chinese base, said over tea during a fierce blizzard (暴风雪) in late November.

And a 2015 study from the University of California, Berkeley, found that teens who go to bed late are more likely to gain weight over a five-year period.

Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice,Florence, and above all, Rome, as the culmination (终极) of their classical education.

By the late 1960s, that term was overtaken by "Black".

By the late 19th Century, kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to Europe and the US.

International interest in the therapeutic qualities of the Mediterranean diet began back in the late 1950s, when medical researchers started to link the occurrence of heart disease with diet.

My idea was to photograph this beautiful and very unique coastline, rich in history, before it's too late—as a last witness.

Still, if late sleepers want to lose a few pounds, they can go to bed earlier than they usually do, thereby reducing their chances of taking snacks before bedtime.

The strike comes in light of an unsuccessful 19 months of negotiations after the existing labor contract known as the Interactive Media Agreement expired in late 2014.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADV-GRADED

（时间上）接近终了，临近末了

Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time.

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ADJ-GRADED

近日暮的；近深夜的；时间不早的

If it is late, it is near the end of the day or it is past the time that you feel something should have been done.

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ADV-GRADED

（比安排或预计时间）晚，迟

Late means after the time that was arranged or expected.

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ADV-GRADED

（比通常时间）晚，迟

Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.

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ADJ

已故的；已逝的；（尤指）新近去世的

You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.

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ADJ

在…居住（或工作）直至*近的

Someone who is late of a particular place or institution lived or worked there until recently.

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CONVENTION

迟到好过没到；晚做好过不做

If you say better late than never when someone has done something, you think they should have done it earlier.

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PHRASE

为时已晚；坐失良机

If you say that someone is doing something late in the day, you mean that their action or behaviour may not be fully effective because they have waited too long before doing it.

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PHRASE

新近；*近；近来

You use of late to refer to an event or state of affairs that happened or began to exist a short time ago.

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PHRASE

为时已晚；过迟

If an action or event is too late, it is useless or ineffective because it occurs after the best time for it.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

迟的, 晚的, 迟到的

晚期的, 后期的, 接近末期的, 晚年的

不久之前的, *近的

已故的, *近去世的

前任的

新的

近日暮的；近深夜的

adv.

迟, 晚

接近末期

临近日暮; 接近午夜, 到深夜

不久前

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time;

2. after the expected or usual time; delayed;

3. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time;

4. having died recently;

5. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages;

6. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development;

7. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

Adverb

1. later than usual or than expected;

2. to an advanced time;

3. at an advanced age or stage;

4. in the recent past;