late

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a. 迟的, 晚的, 已故的 adv. 很晚, 很迟, 晚

发音

US /leɪt/
UK /leɪt/

词形变化

lates 复数 lates later 比较级 later latest latest 最高级

别名

l8

教材释义与例句

形容词

晚的；迟的；已故的；最近的

arriving, happening, or done after the time that was expected, agreed, or arranged

副词

晚；迟；最近；在晚期

after the usual time

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.

    非正式
adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Near the end of a period of time.

    晚

    迟

    The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.

    The meeting is convened for late morning.

  2. 2.

    Specifically, near the end of the day.

    晏

    It was getting late and I was tired.

  3. 3.

    Associated with the end of a period.

    Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin.

  4. 4.

    Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.

    The flowers were late in blooming because of the prolonged cold weather.

    Panos was so late that he arrived at the meeting after Antonio, who had the excuse of being in hospital for most of the night.

    The heavy snow made all the trains late.

  5. 5.

    Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.

    The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic.

  6. 6.

    Not having had an expected menstrual period.

    I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?

  7. 7.

    Recently deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)

    已故

    委婉

    Her late husband had left her well provided for.

    Mary was entitled to the crown by her late father’s testament.

  8. 8.

    Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.

    过时

    the late bishop of London

    the late administration

  9. 9.

    Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.

    the late war

  10. 10.

    Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

    天文
adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

    迟

    晚

    迟到

    We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.

  2. 2.

    Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.

    Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.

    The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene!

    Linda Smith, late of 13 Oxford Street.

  3. 3.

    Not long ago; just now, recently.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

later former recent previous tardy belated

反义词 2

early middle

近义相关 10

new dead past modern advanced ripe after-hours posthumous latish tardive

参见 1

modern
副词

同义词 6

deep lately recently belatedly latterly tardily

反义词 1

early

相关短语

late riser of late 最近 late innings late bloomer 晚熟 Late Latin 后期拉丁语（公元150～700年所用） late unpleasantness late unpleasantnesses late model a. 新型的 late lamented late binding late bloomers Late antiquity Late Middle Ages Late Antiquity Late Egyptian

词源

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let. Cognates Cognate with Yola laate (“late”), North Frisian leed, leet, lääs (“late”), Saterland Frisian leet (“late”), Dutch, German Low German laat (“late, tardy”), Danish lad (“languid, lazy, indolent”), Faroese, Icelandic latur (“lazy”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lat (“lazy”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats, “lazy, slothful”).

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