I apologize for my late arrival.我为迟到道歉。

Sorry I'm late.对不起, 我迟到了。

We were a little late.我们迟到了一小会儿。

Hurry up or you'll be late!快点, 不然你就要迟到了！

The bus was late.公共汽车晚点了。

He's a half hour late.他迟到了半小时。

The train was 40 minutes late.火车晚点了40分钟。

I'm often late for school.我上学经常迟到。

She was late for him and he was waiting in her office.她与他见面迟了, 他在她办公室里等着。

She had a late marriage.她结婚晚。

It was late in the afternoon.那是下午近黄昏的时候。

Since late last year the border area has been the scene of heavy fighting.自从去年年末以来, 边境地区一直就是激战之地。

in the late afternoon/morning/evening在黄昏时分/近午时/深夜

They went for a stroll in the late afternoon.他们黄昏时分散步去了。

Unusually, there was snow this year in late April.不同寻常的是, 今年4月底下雪了。

in late spring/summer/autumn/winter在春末/夏末/秋末/冬末

The talks eventually broke down in late spring.会谈最终在春末破裂了。

It only really came into fashion in the late 80s.它在80年代末才真正流行起来。

He was in his late 20s.他将近30岁了。

Don't stay out too late!不要在外面待得太晚了！

It was very late and the streets were deserted.时间已很晚, 街上空空荡荡的。

We've got to go now. It's getting late.我们得走了。时候不早了。

We felt somewhat disheartened by the late events.我们因为最近的一些事情而感到有点灰心。

My late husband enjoyed golf.我的亡夫喜欢打高尔夫球。

a suitably passionate tribute to the late Mr Parkin感情拿捏恰到好处的献给已故帕金先生的悼词

Jane Smith, late of Bristol曾住在布里斯托尔的简·史密斯

Cousin Zachary, late of Bellevue Avenue曾住在贝尔邬大道的表兄扎卡里

Strobe Talbott, late of Time magazine曾在《时代》周刊就职的斯特罗布·塔尔博特

It's been a long time coming but better late than never.早就该如此了。不过, 晚做好过不做。

His campaign got off to a late start.他的竞选活动启动较晚。

Our conversation went on into the late hours.我们的谈话一直进行到深夜。

She was in bed by nine, but still someone wrote to say they were appalled by Laura's late hours!她9点就睡了, 但仍有人写信称他们对劳拉睡觉之晚感到震惊！

my fondness for late hours我晚睡晚起的喜好

I was working my usual late hours.当时我正和平时一样在熬夜工作。

a profession where long and late hours are expected一个不仅工作时间长而且总要熬夜的职业

His life has changed of late.他的生活近来发生了变化。

The dollar has been stronger of late.美元近来走势强劲。

She arrived late.她迟到了。

We went to bed very late.我们很晚才睡觉。

She had to work late.她不得不工作到很晚。

We got up late.我们起晚了。

The talks began some fifteen minutes late.会谈晚了大概15分钟才开始。

neighbours who make a noise late at night深夜喧闹的邻居

late next week/month/year etc (towards end of)下周末/下个月底/明年年底等

The case is expected to end late next week.预计本案件将在下周末结案。

She married late.她结婚晚。

His autobiography was written late in life.他的自传写于晚年。

As late as yesterday he was selling books.就在昨天他还在卖书。

My success had come too late in the day.我的成功来得为时已晚。

It was too late in the day for it to do any good now.此刻为时已晚, 无论做什么都已于事无补。

I'd left it all too late in the day to get anywhere with these strategies.我按兵不动时间太长, 致使这些策略都不管用了。

It was too late to turn back.回头已经太迟。

We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.等我们发觉自己已成瓮中之鳖时已经太晚了。