| 单词 | too late |
| 释义 | too latetoo late 1 to arrive or do something after the time when something could or should have been done 已经太晚，为时已晚 He shouted a warning but it was too late. 他大声警告，但为时已晚。 too late to do something Are we too late to get tickets? 我们是不是太晚了，买不到票了？ It was too late to turn back. 现在回头已经太晚。 Examples from the Corpus be too late• But now I believe it is too late.• By the time I went back for it, it was too late.• He tried to think of something to do or say, but it was too late.• If you listen to the conventional wisdom in foreign-policy circles, it is too late.• It is by no means so simple for the insurer who is ignorant of that until in some senses it is too late.• That is the stark truth electors have to grasp before it is too late.• This alarming error had been spotted by his Deputy when it was too late to do anything much about it.• When that happens, it will be too late to start building a missile defense. → be too late at late1(1) 2 after the time when something could or should have been done 太晚 The advice came too late. 忠告来得太晚了。 Examples from the Corpus too late• Hospitals keep the sick waiting to be admitted until it is too late.• I tried to reach your hand, but it was too late.• We rushed to the store as soon as we left work but arrived too late.• A part of me wanted to stop and hit rewind, but it was too late.• A whole day was too long - even a few hours would be too late.• Coach home; too late for a swim.• He had already gone too far down another road, too late for turning back.• By the time the doctor arrived, it was too late; he was already dead.• I'm afraid you're too late - I've just sold the last ticket.• They got to the airport too late to catch the plane.• Their efforts may be too little too late to ensure that the Pearl maintains its independence.• It's never too late to learn a new language.• Somehow it already felt too late to make the crossing. → too late at late2(1) |
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