late meaning in English
adj.
(later, latter; latest, last)
1. 迟,晚。
2.晚期的,后期的。
3.晚近的,新近的,近时的。
4.已去世的,已故的。
5. 前任的;卸任不久的。
短语和例子
a late comer 迟到者。 be two minutes too late for the train 来晚了两分钟没有赶上火车。 be late for school [work] 小学[上班]迟到。 be late from school [an office] 迟迟从学校[办公室]回来。 a late Customer 晚来顾客。 a late dinner 晚上的正餐。 a late marriage 晚婚。 a late worker 通常工作很晚的人。 at a late hour 在很晚的时候。 in one's late years 晚年。 in the late afternoon 傍晚。 in the late seventies 七十年代后期。 in the late 20th century 二十世纪末叶。 late crops 晚熟作物。 late spring 暮春。 one's late residence 故居。 the late belligerents 前不久的交战国。 the late earthquake 最近的地震。 my late husband (寡妇用语) 亡夫。 the late Professor Li 已故的李教授。 the late prime minister 前总理[首相]。 keep late hours 迟睡迟起。 of late 近来。 of late years 近年来。
adv.
1.迟;过迟,来不及。
2.晚;到深夜。
3.以前是,原先是。
4. 不久前;最近。
短语和例子
as late as 1945 近在1945年。 Better late than never 〔谚语〕迟做总比不做好。 come late 来迟。 It is never too late to learn. 〔谚语〕活到老,学到老。 ripen late 晚熟。 early and late 从早到晚。 early or late = sooner or later. late in 1960's 在二十世纪六十年代后期。 work late into the night 工作到深夜。 his own room, late his uncle's 他自己的屋子,以前是他叔父住的。 Mr. Smith, late of London 最近住在伦敦的史密斯先生。 I saw her as late as yesterday. 直到昨天我还看见过她。 sit up late 深夜不睡。
n.
-ness
- Her family had of late exceedingly fluctuated .
她家里最近连起风波。 - It is a judgment on you for getting up late ...
这是你睡懒觉的报应。 - Perhaps it was not too late to cure him .
也许现在挽救他还为时不晚。 - I do not like you staying out so late .
我不喜欢你在外面呆到这么晚。 - The late prime minister attended the ceremony .
前任首相出席了典礼。
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