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belated

/bih-ley-tid/US // bɪˈleɪ tɪd //UK // (bɪˈleɪtɪd) //

迟到的,迟来的,姗姗来迟,逾期的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
    • : late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative.
    • : Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics.
    • : Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night.

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Examples

  • She submitted belated applications three times, she said — and hopes they will make it off the waiting list.

  • Easily the biggest crowd-pleaser on this list, the belated-coming-of-age comedy “We Are Lady Parts” is also a triumph of representation — and a compelling illustration of how quickly online discourse about representation can get distorted.

  • Some of the belated boost is caused by increased supplies of coronavirus vaccines, which come at a crucial time for the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Marrero—who only reached “The Show” as a belated 39-year-old rookie—always did possess an odd sense of timing.

  • But could this invoking of the words of the Godfather of Soul be a belated effort to inflate these flat polling numbers?

  • But there is a belated wake-up among conservatives opposed to cannibalization.

  • Rick Santorum, the (belated) winner in Iowa, who had been battling Gingrich for that distinction, is the unambiguous loser.

  • Some belated scrutiny of the congressional record that later earned him big bucks.

  • They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!

  • The belated moon stole up from its lair, hovered above the sky-line, a gaudy orange sphere in the haze of smoke.

  • Every girl should have one girl's good time, and although mine is belated, it would be silly to let it pass.

  • Then a belated sense of fear came to her with the consciousness of victory, and she slipped into bed, cold to the bone.

  • Belated young Tractarians who burn incense in their monastic bedrooms were no more common in Liverpool then than they are to-day.

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