查词 - late

late

adj

adv

leɪt adj

AFTER EXPECTED TIME

晚于预期时间

arriving, happening, or done after the time that was expected, agreed, or arranged 晚的，迟的; 迟到的;

Sorry I’m late – I overslept.

对不起，来晚了 — 我睡过头了。

ten minutes/two hours etc late

You’re half an hour late.

你迟到了半个小时。

The train was even later than usual.

火车到得甚至比平时还晚。

We apologize for the late departure of flight AZ709.

我们为 AZ709 航班延误起飞表示歉意。

There are penalties if loan repayments are late.

逾期偿还贷款要处以罚金。

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Cheryl was late for school.

谢里尔上学迟到了。

[+ with ]

We’ve never been late with the rent.

我们从来不拖欠租金。

NEAR THE END

将近末尾

used to refer to the part near the end of a period of time 晚期的，后期的; only before noun 仅用于名词前

a late eighteenth century building

一幢十八世纪末的建筑

Paul’s in his late forties.

保罗快五十岁了。

in the late 1980s

二十世纪八十年代末期

By late afternoon, she had done 10 drawings.

到傍晚的时候，她已经作好了十幅画。

be too late

to arrive or do something after the time when something could or should have been done 已经太晚，为时已晚

He shouted a warning but it was too late .

他大声警告，但为时已晚。

too late to do sth

Are we too late to get tickets?

我们是不是太晚买不到票了？

It was too late to turn back.

现在回头已经太晚。

AFTER USUAL TIME

晚于通常时间

happening or done after the usual or normal time 晚的

a late breakfast

吃得晚的早餐

The harvest was late this year because of the rain.

因为下雨，今年收割晚了。

She looked tired – too many late nights (=nights when she went to bed after the normal time) .

她看上去很累 — 熬夜太多了。

EVENING

晚上

near the end of a day 近深夜的

the late movie

夜场电影

It’s late – I’d better go home.

很晚了，我还是回家吧。

DEAD

去世的

dead 已故的 only before noun 仅用于名词前

late husband/wife

Mrs. Moore’s late husband

穆尔太太已故的丈夫

late developer/bloomer

a. a child who develops socially, emotionally, or physically at a later age than other children b. someone who does not become successful until they are older 大器晚成的人

it’s (a little/bit) late in the day (to do sth)

used to show disapproval because someone has done something too late （做某事）已（有点）晚了，已经（有点）来不及

It’s a bit late in the day to start having objections.

现在开始反对有点晚了。

late of sth

used about someone who has died fairly recently [正式] 不久前还在〔某地〕的〔用于指最近故去的某人〕 formal

Billy Hicks, late of this parish

不久前还住在这个教区的比利．希克斯

penalties for lateness at work

对上班迟到的处罚

despite the lateness of the hour

尽管时间已晚

adv

10 after the usual time 晚于〔通常时间〕

The stores are open later on Thursdays.

商店星期四开门较晚。

Ellen has to work late tonight.

埃伦今晚得工作到很晚。

Can you stay late?

你可以晚点走吗？

11 after the arranged or expected time 迟，晚; 迟于安排（预期）的时间;

ten minutes/two hours etc late

The bus came ten minutes late.

公共汽车来晚了十分钟。

too late

after the time when something could or should have been done 太晚

The advice came too late.

忠告来得太晚了。

13 near to the end of a period of time or an event 〔时期或事件〕临近末尾

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The wedding took place late in May.

婚礼在五月下旬举行。

It was not a place to walk in late at night .

夜深时此地不宜行走。

as late as sth

used to express surprise that something considered old-fashioned was still happening so recently 〔过时的东西〕晚至…的时候仍然在发生〔表示惊讶〕

Capital punishment was still used in Britain as late as the 1950s.

直到 20 世纪 50 年代英国仍然在用死刑。

of late

recently [正式] 最近 formal

Birth rates have gone down of late.

最近出生率下降了。

late in life

if you do something late in life, you do it at an older age than most people do it 比一般人年岁大一点〔干某事〕

better late than never

used to say that you are glad someone has done something, or to say that they should do something even though they are late 迟做总比不做好