| 单词 | late |
| 释义 | late (once / 13 pages) 1adjadv 2adjadv 3adjadv Late means after the expected time, or at the end of a certain period of time. if you're late for a movie, you get to the theater after the film's already started. If you're a late sleeper, you make a habit of dozing long after your alarm goes off. When you're late, you're not on time. You might also be in your late twenties, which means you're at the end of that decade of your life — closer to 30 than to 20. If your friend calls and says, "Sorry I'm calling so late," she means late at night, at the very end of the day. And if you refer to someone as "the late Mr. Smith," it's a formal way of saying Mr. Smith is dead. WORD FAMILYlate: lately, lateness, later, latish+/lately: latelys/lateness: latenesses/later: laterly USAGE EXAMPLESLater this month, Lucas is convening the museum’s board to decide between two distinct locations. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Final legislative budget approval: Late June or early July. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) In Georgia, some of the heaviest rains were expected late Monday night and into the overnight hours of early Tuesday morning, forecasters said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj at or toward an end or late period or stage of development the late phase of feudalism Syn|Ant later advanced comparatively late in a course of development tardivelate-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease) early being or occurring at an early stage of development archaic, primitivelittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type new, young(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity crude, primitive, rudebelonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness embryonic, embryoticin an early stage of development inchoate, incipientonly partly in existence; imperfectly formed precociousappearing or developing early 2adj of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages Late Greek Syn|Ant Modern, New used of a living language; being the current stage in its development Newin use after medieval times early of an early stage in the development of a language or literature middleof a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages Oldof a very early stage in development 3adv at an advanced age or stage she married late undertook the project late in her career 4adv to an advanced time 2talked late into the evening Syn deep 1adj of the immediate past or just previous to the present time a late development their late quarrel Syn recent past earlier than the present time; no longer current 2adj (used especially of persons) of the immediate past our late President is still very active Syn former, previous past earlier than the present time; no longer current 3adj having died recently her late husband Syn dead no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life 4adv in the recent past 3as late as yesterday she was fine feeling better of late Syn lately, latterly, of late, recently 1adj after the expected or usual time; delayed I'm late for the plane the train is late Syn belated, tardy unpunctual not punctual; after the appointed time 2adj being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time late evening late 18th century a late movie took a late flight had a late breakfast Syn|Ant advanced, ripe far along in time after-hoursafter closing time especially a legally established closing time latishsomewhat late posthumousoccurring or coming into existence after a person's death early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time middlebetween an earlier and a later period of time aboriginal, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordialhaving existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state advance, beforehandbeing ahead of time or need archaean, archeanof or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon archaeozoic, archeozoicof or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era azoicbefore the appearance of life earlier, earliest(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early earlyishbeing somewhat early premature, untimelyuncommonly early or before the expected time premature, previoustoo soon or too hasty proterozoicformed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era protoindicating the first or earliest or original weevery early interveningoccurring or falling between events or points in time midused in combination to denote the middle firstpreceding all others in time or space or degree 3adv later than usual or than expected the train arrived late we awoke late the children came late to school Syn|Ant belatedly, tardily ahead of time, early, too soon before the usual time or the time expected |
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