ADV-GRADED [ADVERB with verb] 近来；最近 If you have done something recently or if something happened recently, it happened only a short time ago. 近来；最近
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The bank recently opened a branch in Germany.
这家银行最近在德国开设了分行。
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It is only fairly recently that historians have begun to investigate the question.
只是到最近历史学家才开始探究这个问题。
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He was until very recently the most powerful banker in the city.
到最近为止，他一直都是这个城市最有实力的银行家。
SYN not long ago, newly, lately, currently
| Usage | recently |
| Recently and lately can both be used to express that something began in the past and continues into the present: Recently/Lately I've been considering going back to school to get a master's degree. Recently, but not lately, is also used to describe a completed action: I recently graduated from university. |
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