| 词汇 | better-late-than-never |
| 释义 | better late than neveridiom saying said when you think that it is better for someone or something to be late than never to arrive or to happen晚来总比不来强;迟做总比不做好 Early ahead ahead of be up with the larkidiom belatedly better early get ahead of yourselfidiom get out over your skisidiom ill-timed in good timeidiom postdate premature prematurely prepone pumpkin schedule short the early bird catches the wormidiom timeously turn into a pumpkinidiom better late than never | American Dictionarybetter late than neveridiom it is better for someone to arrive or do something late than not to arrive or do it at all: "Dan finally paid me the money he owed me." "Well, better late than never." Examples of better late than neverbetter late than never Well, betterlatethannever, but where on earth have our colleagues been all this time? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The agreement that has been reached is to be welcomed, but on the basis of "betterlatethannever". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But betterlatethannever, and any move to ensure that single and enforceable decisions on overall policy can be taken is a good move. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But betterlatethannever, and we must even now do what we can to look further ahead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it is a case of betterlatethannever—or even, better never late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly, betterlatethannever is far preferable to too little too late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I give it one small half-cheer, on a "betterlatethannever" basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A government amendment that is needed is betterlatethannever and one should never say anything which discourages governments from acting on that assumption. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Still, betterlatethannever, they realised that such powers were a good thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The action was betterlatethannever, but the measures were so small in comparison with what needs to be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, betterlatethannever and it is a very good thing indeed that this is being undertaken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There, very late in the day (but betterlatethannever) it has been possible to arrange ceilings for the net catches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know the many difficulties there are, but it is betterlatethannever, so do it now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Betterlatethannever because all companies must be primed for the 21st century. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I suppose we could say 'betterlatethannever'. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of better late than never These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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