later

adverb

/ˈleɪtə(r)/

/ˈleɪtər/

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at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about后来；以后；其后；随后
- See you later.回头见。
- I met her again three years later.三年后我又遇见她了。
- His father died later that year.那年晚些时候他的父亲去世了。
- We're going to Rome later in the year.我们年内晚些时候要到罗马去。
- She later became a doctor.她后来当了医生。
- I discovered later that she'd known all about it from the beginning.后来我发现她从一开始就知道这件事。
opposite early
Later!
(British English also Laters!)
(informal) a way of saying goodbye, used by young people（年轻人告别时说）再见
- Later, guys!伙计们，再见！

Idioms

later on

(informal) at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about后来；以后；其后；随后
- I'm going out later on.我过一会儿要外出。
- Much later on, she realized what he had meant.过了好长时间，她才明白他的意思。
Topics Timeb2

not/no later than…

by a particular time and not after it不晚于…；不迟于…
- Please arrive no later than 8 o'clock.请 8 点之前到达。

sooner or later

at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when迟早；早晚有一天
- Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.你早晚得拿个主意。

sooner rather than later

after a short time rather than after a long time赶早不赶晚；及早
- We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.我们敦促他们及早解决那个问题。

adjective

/ˈleɪtə(r)/

/ˈleɪtər/

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coming after something else or at a time in the future后来的；以后的
- Rembrandt's later works伦勃朗的后期作品
- This is discussed in more detail in a later chapter.在后面的一章中对这一点有更详细的讨论。
- The judge will give her ruling at a later date.法官将在晚些时候做出裁决。
- The match has been postponed to a later date.比赛已被推迟举行。
near the end of a period of time, life, etc.接近末期的；晚年的
- the later part of the seventeenth century17 世纪末叶
- In later life he started playing golf.他晚年开始打高尔夫球。
- She found happiness in her later years.她在晚年才寻得幸福。
Topics Timea2

opposite early

later adj.
⇨ last 1 (the later part of the twentieth century) ⇨ next (at a later date)

later

New: new, latest, novel...

Final and at the end: final, ultimate, eventual...