later

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adv. 以后, 随后

发音

UK /ˈleɪ.tə/
US /ˈleɪ.tɚ/
US /ˈleɪ̯.ɾɚ/

别名

l8r

教材释义与例句

形容词

更迟的；更后的

coming in the future or after something else

副词

后来；稍后；随后

after the time you are talking about or after the present time

释义与例句

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    comparative form of late: more late

    Jim was later than John.

  2. 2.

    Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

    The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.

  3. 3.

    Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)

    I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.

  4. 4.

    At some time in the future.

    The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    comparative form of late: more late

    更迟

    迟啲

    You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.

  2. 2.

    Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

    以后

    后面

    之后

    迟过

    后头

    后来

    较停

    较停仔

    等咧

    My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.

    I arrived later than my roommate.

  3. 3.

    At some unspecified time in the future.

    阵间

    I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.

  4. 4.

    What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).

    新加坡

    Compare Malay nanti (“later; if not”)

    Later you fall asleep how?

interj.
  1. 1.

    See you later; goodbye.

    俚语

    Later, dude.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

late ulterior posterior

近义相关 3

advanced subsequent tardive
副词

同义词 6

after afterwards afterward subsequently by and by later on

相关短语

later on 稍后 Later Egyptian no later than 不迟于 sooner or later 迟早 smell ya later see you later 再会 shoot first and ask questions later 先斩后奏 sooner than later catch you later to be named later smell you later bi now, gay later sooner then later sooner rather than later shot first and asked questions later

词源

* Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).

来源：wiktionary