late
音标发音
- 英式音标 [leɪt]
- 美式音标 [leɪt]
- 国际音标 [leit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 晚的;迟的;已故的;最近的
- adv. 晚;迟;最近;在晚期
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的lat;最初源自原始日耳曼语的latas,意为慢的,迟缓的。
用法辨析
- late的基本意思是“晚的”,可指与规定的、预期的或惯常的时间相比“晚的”“迟的”,也可指在事物本身发展过程中或某一时间单位(如年月)“晚期的”“后期的”。作这两种解释时可在句中作定语,表语,可用于比较级和最高级。late还可指在时间或顺序上的“新近的”“晚期的”。late用在头衔、人名前可作“已退职〔休〕,新近故去的,前任的”解,这时其前通常须加the,在句中常用作定语,没有比较级和最高级形式。
- 表示“做某事迟了”, late后接(in+) v -ing 。如果动名词后面有宾语, in+ v -ing 形式则可用with代替。在口语中, late可直接跟动名词,省略in。
- late用作表语时后接for表示“迟于规定时间做某事”“赶不上做某事”;后接at表示“迟于规定时到达某地”;后接“ in + v -ing ”表示“做某事迟了”;后接of表示“从前”,指从前居住的地方或某人参加的某种组织、协会等。
- late用作副词表示“晚”“迟”,指迟于规定〔预期〕时刻,作此解时没有比较级和最高级。late还可表示“末期地”,指到达或接近某事物的后端。
- as late as后跟年月日时,不再加介词。
- late用于时间时,表示“不久前”。
adj. (形容词)
adv. (副词)
英汉例句
- We had a late dinner last night.
昨晚我们晚餐吃得很晚。 - Can you give me a reasonable excuse for your being so late?
你能就你的迟到给我一个合理的解释吗? - He was late for appointment.
他赴约迟到。 - The bus is late arriving.
公共汽车晚到了。 - It's too late to go now.
现在去太迟了。 - She married late in life.
她很晚才结婚。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
S+be+~+ v -ing
It is/was+~+to- v
用作副词 (adv.)
用作状语
词组短语
- hour late 晚了一小时
- late afternoon 近傍晚(时)
- late day 今晚
- late hour 深夜
- late husband 已故的丈夫
- late month 月末
用作形容词 (adj.)
名词+~
~+名词
英英字典
- (NEAR THE END) (happening or being) near the end of a period of time
- (AFTER EXPECTED TIME) (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time
- (SPORTS) in football, if a tackle is late, it is made after the ball has been moved by another player and the player, not the ball, is kicked
- used to refer to someone who has died
- Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time.
- Late is also an adjective.
- If it is late, it is near the end of the day or it is past the time that you feel something should have been done.
- lateness
- Late means after the time that was arranged or expected.
- Late is also an adjective.
- lateness
- Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.
- Late is also an adjective.
- You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.
- &rarrsee also later , latest
- If an action or event is too late, it is useless or ineffective because it occurs after the best time for it.
- a late night&rarrsee night
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专业释义
- 晚期
Clinically, most of esophageal cancer patients are in middle or late stage.
临床上,多数食管癌患者就诊时即已为中、晚期。交通运输工程
- 迟的