词汇 | late |
释义 | late | BrE leɪt, AmE leɪt | A. adjective ① (after expected time) 晚的 ▸ he was 20 minutes late for school 他上学迟到了20分钟 ▸ it's late 时间不早了 ▸ she's had too many late nights recently 她最近熬夜太多 ▸ a late breakfast/spring 晚进的早餐/来迟的春天 ▸ to get off to a late start 晚于预定时间开始 ▸ there's late opening on Fridays 星期五营业时间会延长 ▸ late essays will not be marked 迟交的作文将不予评分 ▸ the tomatoes are late this year 今年西红柿成熟得晚 ② attributive (near end of period or process) 近末期的 ▸ in late summer/January 在夏末/一月底 ▸ the late afternoon/evening 下午/晚上晚些时候 ▸ the latest date for applications 申请的截止日期 ▸ Shakespeare's late works 莎士比亚的晚期作品 ▸ a late film 夜场电影 ▸ in the late 1950s 在20世纪50年代末 ▸ we'd better get the roof repaired, before it's too late 我们最好在屋顶还能修的时候把它修好 ▸ it's never too late to stop smoking 任何时候戒烟都不算晚 ▸ in later life (from middle age onwards) 晚年 (from now on) 日后 ▸ a man in his late forties 年近50的男子 ▸ in the late Middle Ages 在中世纪末期 ▸ late Renaissance art 文艺复兴晚期的艺术 ▸ at this late stage 在收尾阶段 ③ later comparative form, attributive (following in series) 后来的 ▸ the matter will be dealt with at a later meeting 这个问题将在之后的会议中讨论 ④ attributive (very recent) 最近的 ▸ an item of late news 一条最新消息 ▸ a late addition to this range of gardening tools 本套园艺工具中的新增产品 ⑤ attributive (deceased) 已故的 ▸ my late husband 我已去世的丈夫 ▸ the late President 已故总统 ⑥ attributive Botany 晚熟的 ‹fruit, crop›; 花期晚的 ‹flower›B. adverb ① (after expected time) 晚 ▸ to arrive late 迟到 ▸ to go to bed later 晚一些上床睡觉 ▸ I'm running late already 我已经晚了 ▸ to start three months late 迟了3个月开始 → too 1, → never A1② (towards end of time period) 接近末尾 ▸ till late 直到深夜 ▸ to leave sth late; 推迟做某事 ▸ late next year/last week 明年年底/上周末 ▸ late in the morning/afternoon 上午/下午晚些时候 ▸ late in the day (towards the end of the working day) 快下班的时候 (towards the end of the day) 晚些时候 (later than desirable) 为时已晚 (in the final stages) 在最后阶段 ▸ to work late into the night 工作到深夜 ▸ he died six months later 6个月后他去世了 ▸ we learnt later that … 我们后来才知道… ▸ he might prove helpful later (on) in your career 他可能对你以后的事业有帮助 ▸ it must be ready no later than Friday 必须在星期五之前准备好 ▸ at the latest 最晚 ▸ to marry late 结婚晚 ▸ to start learning Italian late in life 年纪挺大才开始学意大利语 ▸ see you later! 再见! ③ (recently) 最近 ▸ this law was still in force as late as 1968 这条法律直到1968年仍然有效 ▸ as late as yesterday 就在昨天 ▸ of late; 最近以来 ▸ he's been rather depressed of late 他最近相当沮丧 ④ formal (formerly) 以前 ▸ Miss Evans, late of the Foreign Office 埃文斯小姐,以前任职于外交部 ▸ David Green, late of Kingston 大卫格林,以前住在金斯敦 |
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