- doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time晚的, 迟的：
his late arrival
他的迟到
she was half an hour late for her lunch appointment.
她赴午餐约会晚到了半个小时。
- belonging or taking place far on in a particular time or period迟来的：
they won the game with a late goal.
他们以迟来的进球赢得了比赛。
- attrib. denoting the advanced stage of a period（时段）晚期的, 末期的：
the late 1960s
20世纪60年代后期
arriving in the late afternoon.
下午很晚才到达。
- far on in the day or night（时间）晚的：
I'm sorry the call is so late
对不起这么晚给您打电话
it's too late for sherry.
现在喝雪利酒时间太晚了。
- originating at a point far on in an artistic period or artist's life（艺术时期, 艺术家生涯）晚期, 后期：
his highly abstracted late landscapes
他晚期高度抽象派的风景画
late Gothic style.
晚期哥特风格。
- flowering or ripening towards the end of the season（花）晚开的; （果实作物等）晚熟的：
the last late chrysanthemums.
最后一批晚菊花。
the/one's late
(of a specified person) no longer alive（人）已故的：the late Francis Bacon
已故的弗朗西斯·培根
her late husband's grave.
她亡夫的坟墓。
- no longer having the specified status; former原来的, 以前的：
a late colleague of mine.
我原来的一个同事。
latest
of recent date最近的, 最新的：the latest news.
最新消息。
- after the expected, proper, or usual time迟, 晚：
she arrived late.
她迟到了。
- far on in time; towards the end of a period后期, 末期：
it happened late in 1984.
这发生在1984年年末。
- at or until a time far on in the day or night（时间）晚：
now I'm old enough to stay up late.
现在我够大了, 可以迟睡了。
later
at a time in the near future; afterwards不久以后：I'll see you later
回头见
later on it will be easier.
稍后这就会容易一些。
late of
formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution以前住在（某处）; 以前在（某机构）工作：Mrs Halford, late of the County Records Office.
哈尔福特夫人, 原就职于郡档案室。
the latest
- the most recent news or fashion最新消息, 最新款式：
have you heard the latest?
你听说最新消息了吗？
at the latest
- no later than the time specified最迟, 最晚：
all new cars will be required to meet this standard by 1997 at the latest.
要求所有的新车最迟于1997年前达到这一标准。
late in the day（或 〈北美〉game）
- at a late stage in proceedings, especially too late to be useful为时已晚, 时机已过：
you've realized it a little late in the day.
你已经认识到了, 不过为时已晚。
of late
- recently最近, 近来：
she'd been drinking too much of late.
她最近喝得太多。