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later

/lei-ter/US // ˈlɛɪ tər //UK // (ˈleɪtə) //

后来,以后,之后

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : a comparative of late: The meeting ran later than we expected.
    • : afterward, subsequently, or at a time in the future: She later said she was sorry. I'll see you later. Let's decide about this later on.

Phrases

  • later on
  • sooner or later

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Gideon later responded that Maine voters “want to know who their senator thinks should be leading us,” according to the Bangor Daily News.

  • He later had an on-demand company called Exec and previously a calendar app called Kiko, both of which sold for small amounts.

  • The changes will impact those who had helped lead groups that were later banned and members who participated in them.

  • He later extended the restrictions to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

  • People added later didn’t have the opportunity to challenge their inclusion because the hearing took place long before they were added to it.

  • The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.

  • A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”

  • It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”

  • Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.

  • One topic that comes up among the members, she says, is dealing with loss years later.

  • Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.

  • His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.

  • Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.

  • Those in whom the impulse is strong and dominant are perhaps those who in later years make the good society actors.

  • His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.