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单词 lately
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lately

(leɪtli)
1. adverb [ADVERB with verb]
You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago.
Dad's health hasn't been too good lately.
Lord Tomas had lately been appointed Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies.
'Have you talked to her lately?'
Optimism about the U.S. economy has been a rare commodity lately.
Synonyms: recently, of late, just now, in recent times More Synonyms of lately
2. adverb
You can use lately to refer to the job a person has been doing until recently.
[formal]
...Timothy Jean Geoffrey Pratt, lately deputy treasury solicitor.

lately in British English

(ˈleɪtlɪ)
adverb
in recent times; of late

lately in American English

(ˈleɪtli)
adverb
recently; a short while ago

Examples of 'lately' in a sentence
lately

He liked sitting out here in the evenings, but lately his bones had begun to feel the chill.
Cleary, Jon MURDER SONG (2002)
There was a pervasive smell of cigarettes too, the French ones I'd been smoking lately.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
Most lately, they had discovered evidence that Sinclair had been in Buckie on the night.
Kippax, Frank THE SCAR (2002)
But the fruit pictures were the only thing smiling in the market lately.
Lisa Scottoline RUNNING FROM THE LAW (2002)

In other languages
lately

British English: lately /ˈleɪtlɪ/ ADVERB
Lately means recently.
Dad's health hasn't been too good lately.
  • American English: lately
  • Arabic: أَخِيرَاً
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ultimamente
  • Chinese: 最近
  • Croatian: u zadnje vrijeme
  • Czech: nedávno
  • Danish: på det seneste
  • Dutch: recentelijk
  • European Spanish: últimamente
  • Finnish: viime aikoina
  • French: récemment
  • German: in letzter Zeit
  • Greek: προσφάτως
  • Italian: ultimamente
  • Japanese: 最近
  • Korean: 요즈음
  • Norwegian: i det siste
  • Polish: ostatnio
  • European Portuguese: ultimamente
  • Romanian: recent
  • Russian: в последнее время
  • Latin American Spanish: últimamente
  • Swedish: på sista tiden
  • Thai: เมื่อเร็วๆ นี้
  • Turkish: son zamanlarda
  • Ukrainian: нещодавно
  • Vietnamese: mới đây

Chinese translation of 'lately'

lately

(ˈleɪtlɪ)

adv

  1. (= recently) 最近 (zuìjìn)
(adverb) 
Definition
in recent times
His health hasn't been too good lately.
Synonyms
recently
The bank recently opened a branch in Germany.
of late
He has changed of late.
just now
in recent times
not long ago
latterly
Latterly, she has written extensively about alternative medicine.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of latterly
Definition
recently
Latterly, she has written extensively about alternative medicine.
Synonyms
recently,
lately,
of late,
hitherto
in the sense of of late
Definition
recently
He has changed of late.
Synonyms
recently,
just now,
in recent times,
not long ago,
latterly

Synonyms of 'lately'

lately

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