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late

/leyt/US // leɪt //UK // (leɪt) //

迟到的,迟来的,迟到了,晚了

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    lat·er, lat·est or last.

    • : occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
    • : continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted: a late business meeting.
    • : near or at the end of day or well into the night: a late hour.
    • : belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent: a late news bulletin;The car is a late model, but I don't know the exact year.
    • : immediately preceding the present one; former: the late attorney general.
    • : recently deceased: the late Mr. Phipps.
    • : occurring at an advanced stage in life: a late marriage.
    • : belonging to an advanced period or stage in the history or development of something: the late phase of feudalism.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    lat·er, lat·est.

    • : after the usual or proper time, or after delay: to arrive late.
    • : until after the usual time or hour; until an advanced hour, especially of the night: to work late.
    • : at or to an advanced time, period, or stage: The flowers keep their blossoms late in warm climates.
    • : recently but no longer: a man late of Chicago, now living in Philadelphia.

Phrases

  • late in life
  • late in the day
  • at the latest
  • better late than never
  • Johnny-come-lately
  • keep late hours
  • of late
  • the latest
  • too little, too late

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not on time

Examples

  • Whenever I travel, I like to start the adventure with oysters, which my late friend, Seattle seafood maven Jon Rowley, advocated.

  • Two games before that lopsided result, Virginia rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half and held off a late surge to secure a 64-62 victory over the Yellow Jackets at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.

  • Arlington Public Schools and Prince William County Public Schools both agreed to add holidays for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Diwali and Eid al-Fitr in late 2020.

  • The latest request noted that the agency has obtained about 86 million anonymized records of residential utility usage in the city from January 2015 through 2019 to facilitate the study.

  • That’s what makes “The Lady and the Dale” much more than just the latest must-watch distraction on streaming TV.

  • I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.

  • Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?

  • Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.

  • As he tried to make his way through a crowd of mourners late last month, he looked preoccupied and even disoriented.

  • The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.

  • The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.

  • But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.

  • In 1856 she married Mesdag, who, rather late in life decided to follow the career of a painter.

  • He explains the late departure of the ships for Nueva España, and the consequent mortality reported on one of them.