be·lat·ed
adjective/bɪˈleɪtɪd/
/bɪˈleɪtɪd/
- coming or happening late
迟来的；晚出现的 - a belated birthday present
迟来的生日礼物 - the government’s belated response to the report on nursery education
政府对幼儿园教育报告的迟来回应 - This increase in funding suggests a belated acknowledgement of the project’s value.
资金的增加表明对该项目价值的认可为时已晚。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBelated is used with these nouns:- congratulations
- realization
- recognition
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘overtaken by darkness’): past participle of obsolete belate ‘delay’ (see be-, late). - a belated birthday present