| 单词 | lately |
| 释义 | lately (once / 166 pages) adv Something that happened lately occurred very recently. If you've spotted a fox every day for the last week, you might say, "I've seen so many foxes lately!" If your friend says, "I've been really stressed out lately," she means she's been overworked and tense for the past few days, weeks, or possibly months. Lately is an adverb that covers the immediate past, a period of time that wasn't too long ago. A more old-fashioned way to say lately is "of late." Though this word has had its current meaning since the fifteenth century, it originally meant "slow or sluggish." WORD FAMILYlately: latelys+/late: lately, lateness, later, latish/lateness: latenesses/later: laterly USAGE EXAMPLESCore manufacturing otherwise remains stable, although the strong dollar lately may hurt production in the months ahead. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) We should all be able to agree the problem hasn’t been managed well lately. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Lately I am most enamored of yellow beets, even more so when they are a bright, intensely golden hue. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) adv in the recent past lately the rules have been enforced Syn late, latterly, of late, recently |
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