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BNC: 298 COCA: 437

late

adjective
 
/leɪt/
/leɪt/
(comparative later, superlative latest)
Idioms
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  1.  
     [not usually before noun] arriving, happening or done after the expected, arranged or usual time迟到；迟发生；迟做
    • I'm sorry I'm late.对不起，我迟到了。
    • late for something She's late for work every day.她每天上班都迟到。
    • My flight was an hour late.我那趟航班晚点了一小时。
    • We apologize for the late arrival of this train.我们对本趟列车的晚点表示歉意。
    • Interest will be charged for late payment.逾期付款需支付利息。
    • Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year.因天气寒冷，农作物今年成熟得较晚。
    • Here is a late news flash.现在插播刚刚收到的简讯。
    • Some children are very late developers.有些孩子发育滞后。
    opposite early
    Extra Examples
    • I'm late for work.我上班迟到了。
    • He was now three weeks late with his rent.他的租金已晚交了 3 个星期。
    • Kevin was fashionably late as always.和往常一样，凯文又迟到了一会儿。
    • The train was 45 minutes late.火车晚点了 45 分钟。
    • You've left it a bit late to start your homework, haven't you?你待到晚了才开始做作业，不是吗？
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    • in
    • into
    • …
    phrases
    • an hour, ten minutes, etc. late
    • leave it rather, very, etc. late
    See full entry
  2.  
     [only before noun] near the end of a period of time, a person’s life, etc.接近末期；在晚年
    • in the late afternoon傍晚
    • in late summer夏末
    • young people in their late teens (= aged 18 or 19)十八九岁的年轻人
    • She married in her late twenties (= when she was 28 or 29).她快三十岁时才结婚。
    • The school was built in the late 1970s.这所学校建于 20 世纪 70 年代末。
    • The concert was cancelled at a very late stage.音乐会在很晚的时候被取消了。
    • United sealed the win with two late goals. 联队以两个迟来的进球锁定胜局。
    • Shakespeare's late plays莎士比亚的晚期戏剧
    • a late Victorian house维多利亚晚期的房子
    opposite earlyTopics Timea1
  3.  
     near the end of the day近日暮的；近深夜的
    • Let's go home—it's getting late.咱们回家吧，时间不早了。
    • Look at the time—it's much later than I thought.看看时间吧，比我想象的要晚多了。
    • What is the latest time I can have an appointment?最晚的预约时间是几点钟？
    opposite early see also late night
    Extra Examples
    • I don't know what the time is, but it feels quite late.我不知道几点了，但感觉很晚了。
    • It was now late into the night.这时已是深夜时分。
    • What are you doing up at this late hour?深更半夜的，你还没睡，在做什么？
  4. [only before noun] (formal) (of a person人) no longer alive已故的
    • She spoke of her late husband with passion.她说到已故的丈夫时语气里充满了爱意。
    • The event was organized in memory of the late Stephen Hawking.这项活动是为了纪念已故的斯蒂芬·霍金而组织的。
    5. Word OriginOld English læt (adjective; also in the sense ‘slow, tardy’), late (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’ and let.
Idioms
be too late
  1. happening after the time when it is possible to do something为时已晚；已失时机
    • It's too late to save her now.现在来拯救她的生命已为时太晚。
    • Buy now before it's too late.欲购从速，勿失良机。
    • I’m afraid you’re too late to apply for the job.恐怕你来不及申请这份工作了。
    • The doctors did all they could, but it was too late.医生们尽了最大努力，但为时已晚。
    • It's getting too late to do anything today.太晚了，今天已经干不了任何事了。

late

adverb
 
/leɪt/
/leɪt/
(comparative later, no superlative)
Idioms
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  1.  
     after the expected, arranged or usual time迟；晚
    • I got up late.我起晚了。
    • Can I stay up late tonight?我今晚可以晚点儿睡吗？
    • She has to work late tomorrow.她明天得熬夜工作。
    • The Friday afternoon meeting started late, as usual.像往常一样，星期五下午的会议开始得很晚。
    • The birthday card arrived three days late.生日贺卡晚到了三天。
    • late for something I'm running late for school.我上学要迟到了。
    Grammar Point late / latelylate / lately
    • Late and lately are both adverbs, but late is used with similar meanings to the adjective late, whereas lately can only mean ‘recently’:late 和 lately 均为副词，但 late 与作形容词的 late 意义相似，而 lately 只含近来之义：
      • We arrived two hours late.我们迟到了两小时。
      • I haven’t heard from him lately.我最近没听过他的消息。
      Lately is usually used with a perfect tense of the verb.
    • Look also at the idioms be too late (at the adjective) and too late (at the adverb).
  2.  
     near the end of a period of time, a person’s life, etc.接近末期；在晚年
    • It happened late last year.那事发生在去年年底。
    • late in something late in March/the afternoon三月下旬；傍晚
    • He became an author late in life.他到晚年成为作家。
    • as late as As late as (= as recently as) the 1990s, there was no effective treatment for this disease.直到20世纪90年代，这种疾病还没有有效的治疗方法。
  3.  
     near the end of the day近日暮的；近深夜的
    • There's a good film on late.深夜有一场好电影。
    • Late that evening, there was a knock at the door.那天深夜，有人敲门。
    • I studied from early morning till late at night.我从清晨学习到深夜。
    • They worked late into the night to finish the report.他们为了完成报告工作到深夜。
    • Share prices fell early on but rose again late in the day.那天股票价格起先跌了，临近收盘时又涨了。
    opposite early see also laterTopics Timea1
    4. Word OriginOld English læt (adjective; also in the sense ‘slow, tardy’), late (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’ and let.
Idioms
better late than never
  1. (saying) used especially when you, or somebody else, arrive/arrives late, or when something such as success happens late, to say that this is better than not coming or happening at all迟到总比不到好；迟发生总比不发生强Topics Successc1
late in the day
(North American English also late in the game)
  1. (disapproving) after the time when an action could be successful为时已晚；已失时机
    • He started working hard much too late in the day—he couldn't possibly catch up.他太晚才开始努力工作，不可能赶上了。
late of…
  1. (formal) until recently working or living in the place mentioned直至最近工作（或居住）的地方
    • Professor Jones, late of Oxford University直到不久前还在牛津大学任教的琼斯教授
of late
  1. (formal) recently最近；新近；近来
    • I haven't seen him of late.我最近没见过他。
    • The situation has become more confusing of late.最近形势变得更加混乱。
too late
  1. after the time when it is possible to do something successfully过迟；太晚
    • She's left it too late to apply for the job.她申请那份工作已为时太晚。
    • I realized the truth too late.我太晚才知道真相。
BNC: 298 COCA: 437
late

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERBS➤be, feel, seem晚；感覺晚；好像晚◇I don't know what the time is, but it feels quite late.我不知道幾點了，但感覺很晚了。➤get, grow晚了◇It's getting too late to do anything today.太晚了，今天已經幹不了任何事了。➤make sb使某人遲到ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常晚▸➤relatively比較晚▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些晚➤fashionably稍稍晚一會兒◇Kevin was fashionably late as always.和往常一樣，凱文又遲到了一會兒。PREPOSITION➤for⋯遲到◇I'm late for work.我上班遲到了。➤in在⋯的後期◇He took up music late in life.他開始學習音樂時年歲已經大了。➤into晚到⋯◇It was now late into the night.這時已是深夜時分。➤with遲延◇He was now three weeks late with his rent.他的租金已晚交了 3 個星期。PHRASES➤an hour, ten minutes, etc. late遲到 1 小時、10 分鐘等◇The train was 45 minutes late.火車晚點了 45 分鐘。➤leave it rather, very, etc. late把⋯拖延到相當晚、非常晚◇You've left it rather late to start your homework, haven't you?你待到相當晚才開始做作業，是不是？
BNC: 298 COCA: 437
late adj.
⇨ late (late for work) ⇨ dead (her late husband) late

adjective

late ♦︎ slow ♦︎ overdue ♦︎ belatedThese words all describe sb/sth that arrives, happens or is done after the expected, arranged or usual time. 这些词均表示迟到的、延迟的、迟做的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆late / overdue for sth◆late / slow in doing sth◆late / overdue payment◆overdue / belated recognition◆two weeks / a year late / overdue◆very / extremely / rather / slightly late / slow / belated■ late [not usually before noun] arriving, happening or done after the expected, arranged or usual time 迟到；迟发生；迟做◆I'm sorry I'm late.对不起，我迟到了。◆She's late for work every day.她每天上班都迟到。◆My flight was an hour late.我那趟航班晚点一小时。◆Some children are very late developers.有些孩子发育滞后。◆Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year.因天气寒冷，农作物今年成熟得晚。OPP early , on time , punctual ⇨ early ▸ late

adverb

◆Can I stay up late tonight?今晚我可以晚点儿睡吗？◆The big stores are open later on Thursdays.大商店每逢星期四开门较晚。◆She married late.她结婚晚。◆The birthday card arrived three days late.生日贺卡晚到了三天。■ slow hesitating to do sth; not doing sth immediately 迟迟不⋯；不乐意；慢吞吞◆She wasn't slow to realize what was going on.她很快就意识到发生了什么事。◆His poetry was slow in achieving recognition.他的诗作长期无人赏识。◆They were very slow paying me.他们迟迟不付钱给我。 OPP quick ⇨ quick   see also slow ⇨ slow ■ overdue ˌəʊvəˈdjuː; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈduːnot paid, done or returned by the required or expected time; that should have happened or been done before now （到期）未付的，未做到的，未还的；早该发生（或完成）的◆2% interest will be charged on overdue payments.逾期欠款将收取2%的利息。◆My library books were overdue.我借图书馆的书逾期未还。◆Her baby is two weeks overdue.她的胎儿已超过预产期两周了。◆This car is overdue for a service (= has needed a service for a long time).这车早就该维修了。◆A book like this is long overdue.像这样的书早就该有人出版了。■ belated bɪˈleɪtɪd (written) (especially of an action or response) coming or happening late （尤指行动或反应）迟来的，晚出现的◆Many apologies for sending you such a belated birthday present.非常抱歉这么晚才送你生日礼物。◆The government has been criticized for its belated response to the report.政府因迟迟没有回应这篇报道而受到批评。▸ belatedly

adverb

◆He apologized belatedly.他的道歉为时已晚。
BNC: 298 COCA: 437
late
Late or too late: late, belatedly, overdue...
Happening at night and related to night: last thing (at night), by night/day, nocturnal...
Final and at the end: final, ultimate, eventual...
A short time ago: recent, just, newly...
Dead: dead, deceased, inanimate...
After another event or time: after, following, since...

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