词汇 | late |
释义 | late adjective, adverb uk/leɪt/ us/leɪt/ (NEAR THE END) A1 末期的,晚期的;接近终了 (happening or being) near the end of a period of time 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。
(AFTER EXPECTED TIME) A1 迟的,晚的;延迟的 (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time 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
(SPORTS) (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) 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 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。 Related word: lateness Idioms late in the dayidiom 太晚了,已经迟了 too late to be useful It's too late in the day to start studying - your final exams are next week. 现在开始学习已经晚了 ——下周就要期末考试了。 of lateidiom formal 最近,近来 recently We haven't spoken of late. 我们最近没有说过话。 too little, too lateidiom 太少了也太晚了 not enough of something that should have been provided earlier A spokeswoman described the aid for the refugees as too little, too late. 女发言人说对难民的援助少得可怜,而且也不及时。 late adjective [ before noun ] uk/leɪt/ us/leɪt/ C2 已故的,已去世的 used to refer to someone who has died 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。
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