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late AFTERleItadj, adv-r, -st (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual or necessary time迟的This train is always late.这班火车老是晚点。You'll be late for your flight if you don't hurry up.你不快点的话，就要赶不上飞机了。Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic.对不起，我迟到了。我被交通阻塞耽误了。How come you got up so late this morning?你今天早上怎么起得这么晚？Summer started late (= The weather became warm after the usual time) that year.那年夏天来得晚。It's too late to start complaining now.现在抱怨太晚了。We always have a late breakfast on Sunday mornings.星期天我们总是很晚吃早饭。England's performance was not helped by the unexpected late changes to the team.英格兰队的表现是没法靠后来出人意料的阵容改变补救的。Some late news (= news of something which happened after the news programme started) has just come in -- a bomb has exploded in central London.刚刚收到的消息----一枚炸弹在伦敦市中心爆炸。Our ferry was two hours late because of the strike.由于罢工我们的渡轮晚点两小时。Pat's just phoned to say she's working late and won't be back till nine.帕特刚刚打电话来说她要工作到很晚，9点前不会回来。A spokeswoman for the charity described the aid for the refugees as too little, too late.慈善组织的女发言人形容对难民的救助太少太迟了。Something that is late in the day happens much later than is necessary and would have been better done earlier.为时已晚It's rather late in the day to start studying -- your exams are next week.现在开始学习太晚了----你下星期就考试了。I'm just going into town for a couple of hours, so I'll see you later.我要到镇上去几个小时，过会儿见。She said she'd prefer us to arrive no later than (= not after) nine o'clock.她说希望我们9点以前到。Later on is a slightly more informal way of saying later.过一会儿What are you doing later on this evening?你今晚过会儿干什么？(infml) See you/Talk to you/Catch you later ( Am also Later) can mean goodbye.再见"Bye, have a good weekend. ""Thanks, see you later."“再见，周末愉快。”“谢谢，再见。”I have to get this finished by Friday at the latest (= not after Friday).我得最迟在星期五之前把这个做完。We should arrive by twelve at the very latest (= certainly not after twelve).我们最迟该在12点前到达。(Br) A late developer ( Am and Aus late bloomer) is someone who becomes good at something after people usually become good at it.大器晚成者At school she was a late developer, and it wasn't until she went to university that her talents became apparent.她在中学时还没开窍，到了大学里，她的天赋才表现出来。[LATECOMER ☆EARLY]
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