| 词汇 | late |
| 释义 | late adjective, adverb uk /leɪt/ us /leɪt/ lateadjective, adverb (NEAR THE END)A1 (happening or being) near the end of a period of time: 末期的，晚期的；接近终了 It was late at night.夜已经很深了。 We talked late into the night.我们一直谈到深夜。 Is that the time? I'd no idea it was so late.都这时候了！我不知道都这么晚了。 It was late summer when it happened.那件事发生在夏末。 It was built in the late 19th century.它建于19世纪晚期。 He's probably in his late twenties.他很可能快30岁了。 As late (= as recently) as the 1980s they were still using horses on this farm.直到20世纪80年代这个农场还在使用马匹。 From the late 19th century, European powers began to gain control of parts of the Ottoman Empire.从19世纪晚期，欧洲列强开始取得对奥斯曼帝国一些地区的控制权。 House music first appeared in the late 1980s.豪斯音乐最早出现于20世纪80年代晚期。 Nowadays many women are in their late thirties when they have their first child.如今许多妇女生第一胎时都已经接近40岁了。 As it was getting late, I decided to book into a hotel.因为天色已晚，我决定找家旅馆投宿。 Newcastle seemed to be heading for disaster until a late goal saved the day. Late about timephrase be/come/arrive late to the partyidiom behindhand belated delayed eleventh in the nick of timeidiom last late adopter late developer moment nick not a moment too soonidiom overdue owl the last minuteidiom unearthly unpunctual unpunctuality until all hoursidiom lateadjective, adverb (AFTER EXPECTED TIME)A1 (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time: 迟的，晚的；延迟的 This train is always late.这趟火车总是晚点。 You'll be late for your flight if you don't hurry up.如果不抓紧时间你会误机的。 Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic.对不起我来晚了。我在路上堵车了。 It's too late to start complaining now.现在才开始抱怨已经晚了。 We always have a late breakfast on Sunday mornings.星期天我们总是很晚才吃早饭。 Some late news(= news of something that happened after the news programme started) has just come in - a bomb has exploded in central London.刚刚收到最新消息——一枚炸弹在伦敦中心地区爆炸。 Our ferry was two hours late because of the strike.渡轮因罢工而晚点两个小时。 Kathryn's just phoned to say she's working late this evening.凯瑟琳刚才打电话说今天晚上要工作到很晚。 See also latecomer The bridegroom was late for the ceremony.新郎婚礼迟到了。 Is it too late to enrol at the college?现在去那所大学注册是不是来不及了？ We've fallen into the habit of getting up late on Saturday mornings.我们开始习惯周六早晨睡懒觉。 Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting approximately half an hour late. I missed the start of the exam because my bus was late. Late about timephrase be/come/arrive late to the partyidiom behindhand belated delayed eleventh in the nick of timeidiom last late adopter late developer moment nick not a moment too soonidiom overdue owl the last minuteidiom unearthly unpunctual unpunctuality until all hoursidiom lateadjective, adverb (SPORTS)in football, if a tackle is late, it is made after the ball has been moved by another player and the player, not the ball, is kicked: （足球比赛中的铲球）迟了（此时球已移动，于是被踢到的不是球而是对方队员） He was booked for a late challenge in the first minute.他在比赛第一分钟就因为铲球迟了而被罚黄牌。 General terms used in ball sports aggregate score assist attacking back pass backhanded bend hat trick indirect free kick interception kicker launch angle lay someone off loft pitch square ball stiff-arm stroke swat takeaway tap in Related wordlateness GrammarLate or lately? Late is both an adverb and an adjective; it means the opposite of early. Lately is also an adverb; it means ‘recently’. … Late meaning ‘not on time’ Late as an adverb means ‘not on time’: … Lately meaning ‘recently’ We use lately for states or for repeated events, mostly with the present perfect: … Idiomsbe/come/arrive late to the party late in the day of late too little, too late late adjective[ before noun ] uk /leɪt/ us /leɪt/ C2 used to refer to someone who has died: 已故的，已去世的 She gave her late husband's clothes to charity.她把丈夫去世后留下的衣服捐给了慈善机构。 She is the wife of the late Ernest Jones. It belonged to my late father. She is the daughter of the Mr James Field and the late Mrs Daphne Field. My late mother was an opera singer. I knew his late brother. Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost give up the ghostidiom have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff itidiom toll GrammarLate or lately? Late is both an adverb and an adjective; it means the opposite of early. Lately is also an adverb; it means ‘recently’. … Late meaning ‘not on time’ Late as an adverb means ‘not on time’: … Lately meaning ‘recently’ We use lately for states or for repeated events, mostly with the present perfect: … late | American Dictionarylate adjective, adverb[ -er/-est only ] us/leɪt/ lateadjective, adverb[-er/-est only] (NEAR THE END)(happening or being) near the end of a period or in the recent past: I expect him home late this afternoon. I’d better get going – I had no idea it was so late! [ + to infinitive ]It’s too late to call now. I think Jody’s in her late twenties. He is a celebrated painter of the late 19th century. lateadjective, adverb[-er/-est only] (AFTER)(happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time: Sorry I’m late – I was caught in traffic. You’ll be later than you already are if you don’t hurry up. This is the latest she’s ever worked. Summer came late this year (= The weather became warm after the usual time). It’s too late to do anything about it now. latenessnoun[ U ]us/ˈleɪt·nəs/ My boss doesn’t tolerate lateness. late adjective[ not gradable ] us/leɪt/ lateadjective[not gradable] (DEAD)no longer alive, esp. having recently died: She gave her late husband’s clothes to charity. Examples of latelate We included data from these latest papers only. His position on that topic is discussed in a later chapter of this study. All these observations raise a number of issues that are taken up in detail in later chapters. The second and third are simply later sharpenings of the tool as the teeth gradually wear down. Among the ongoing coinages the term liberal realism fits his later fiction best. Because he had not yet thought of it; it is a later insertion. In that later period we find a new willingness to reconcile the opposed opinions for and against writing. However, this is a complicated issue, one best examined at a later stage. In the later case a three-member panel had considered the applicants' appeal and had adjourned to hear the remaining appeals. By incorporating the very latest laboratory techniques and protocols with an even greater emphasis on quality control, it provides an indispensable and practical account. Submarine environments, likely to provide suitable sites for sulphide deposition and preservation, could occur nearby but would be covered by later sediments. Providing support to others and well-being in later life. I now turn to the intellectual contribution that disability studies could make to the conceptualisation of later life. Moreover, some older people reject the negative connotation when later life is equated with disability. If so, future research may reveal among people in later life less need for freedom from obligations and more readiness for societal contributions. 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