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late

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late1 /leɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp later, superlativesupl latest)  
1  after expected time 晚于预期时间LATE arriving, happening, or done after the time that was expected, agreed, or arranged 晚的，迟的；迟到的 OPP early
 Sorry I’m late – I overslept.
对不起，来晚了——我睡过头了。
ten minutes/two hours etc late
 You’re half an hour late.
你迟到了半个小时。
 The train was even later than usual.
火车到得甚至比平时还晚。
 We apologize for the late departure of flight AZ709.
我们为AZ709航班延误起飞表示歉意。
 There are penalties if loan repayments are late.
逾期偿还贷款会被处以罚金。
late for
 Cheryl was late for school.
谢里尔上学迟到了。
late with
 We’ve never been late with the rent.
我们从来不拖欠租金。
2  near the end 将近末尾 [only before noun]END used to refer to the part near the end of a period of time 晚期的，后期的 OPP early
 Paul’s in his late forties.
保罗快50岁了。
 a late eighteenth-century building
一幢18世纪末的建筑
 in the late 1980s
20世纪80年代末期
 By late afternoon, she had done 10 drawings.
到傍晚的时候，她已经画好了10幅画。
3  be too late to arrive or do something after the time when something could or should have been done 已经太晚，为时已晚
 He shouted a warning but it was too late.
他大声警告，但为时已晚。
too late to do something
 Are we too late to get tickets?
我们是不是太晚了，买不到票了？
 It was too late to turn back.
现在回头已经太晚。
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be too late• But now I believe it is too late.• By the time I went back for it, it was too late.• He tried to think of something to do or say, but it was too late.• If you listen to the conventional wisdom in foreign-policy circles, it is too late.• It is by no means so simple for the insurer who is ignorant of that until in some senses it is too late.• That is the stark truth electors have to grasp before it is too late.• This alarming error had been spotted by his Deputy when it was too late to do anything much about it.• When that happens, it will be too late to start building a missile defense.
4  after usual time 晚于通常时间LATE happening or done after the usual or normal time 晚的
 a late breakfast
吃得晚的早餐
 The harvest was late this year because of the rain.
因为下雨，今年收割晚了。
 She looked tired – too many late nights (=nights when she went to bed after the normal time).
她看上去很累——熬夜太多了。
5  evening 晚上 near the end of a day 近深夜的
 the late movie
午夜场电影
 It’s late – I’d better go home.
很晚了，我还是回家吧。
6  dead 已故的DEAD [only before noun] dead 故去的
late husband/wife
 Mrs. Moore’s late husband
穆尔太太已故的丈夫
7  late developer/bloomer MI
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late developer/bloomer• He was bright, but a late developer.• He was what you'd call a late developer.• The latest developer claims to have carried out extensive research into the feasibility of providing medical treatment in Darlington.• I suppose you could say I was a something of a late developer in two out of three.• Although a late developer, it began to take on the size and conformation of an excellent Clydesdale stallion.
8  it’s (a little/bit) late in the day (to do something) LATEused to show disapproval because someone has done something too late (做某事)已(有点)晚了，已经(有点)来不及
9  late of something formalLEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY used about someone who has died fairly recently 故去前住在某地的〔用于指最近故去的某人〕
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late of something• Julia Loukyanov, late of Moscow
—lateness noun [uncountableU]
 penalties for lateness at work
对上班迟到的处罚
 despite the lateness of the hour
尽管时间已晚
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with late
You are late for work, school, a meeting etc:
I was late for my appointment.
You are late for your train, bus, plane etc:
Hurry up or you’ll be late for your train!
You are late with something that you have to produce, for example your work or the rent:
He was always late with his homework.
You are late doing something:
They were late paying the rent.
You can also say that someone is late in doing something:
They were late in paying the rent.
 THESAURUS
late arriving or happening after the time that was expected or arranged 晚的；迟到的
Sorry I’m late.
抱歉，我迟到了。
The bus was late.
公共汽车晚了。
Spring seems to be very late this year.
今年的春天好像来得很晚。
not on time not arriving or doing something at the time that was expected or arranged 不准时的
He never hands his homework in on time.
他从不按时交作业。
If we don’t leave on time, we’ll miss the flight.
要是我们不准时出发，就赶不上飞机了。
overdue not done or happening by the expected time – used especially about payments that are late or library books that should have been returned 到期未付[还，做]的〔尤指付款或还书〕
Your rent is three weeks overdue.
你已经拖欠租金三个星期了。
I had to pay a £3 fine on some overdue library books.
我有几本图书馆的书到期没有归还，得罚3英镑。
be behind with something British EnglishBrE, be behind on something American EnglishAmE to be late in doing something that you have to do 做某事迟了
I can’t come out because I’m behind with my English essay.
我不能出去，我英文作文都要写不完了。
be held up to be made late for a meeting, appointment etc by something that happens, especially by bad traffic 〔尤因交通堵塞〕被耽搁
I was held up by a traffic jam.
我因为交通堵塞被耽搁了。
be delayed to be prevented from arriving, leaving, or happening at the expected time – often used about public transport 〔常指公共交通〕延误
The flight was delayed by bad weather.
航班因天气恶劣而延误了。
belated /bɪˈleɪtəd/ given or done late – used especially about something that someone has forgotten or failed to do 迟来的
a belated birthday card
迟到的生日卡
I’m still hoping for a belated apology from him.
虽然已经迟了，但我仍希望听到他的一声道歉。
tardy especially American EnglishAmE formal arriving or happening late 晚的；迟到的
a habitually tardy person
惯于迟到的人
a tardy decision
迟来的决定
be in arrears /əˈrɪəz $ əˈrɪrz/ formal to have not made one or more regular payments at the time when you should 到期未付
One in eight mortgage payers are in arrears.
有八分之一的按揭贷款者拖欠还款。
Examples from the Corpus
late• Rover began life in the late 1800s, producing first bicycles and then motorbikes.• This phase of religious intensification began in the late 1950s and early 1960s when church membership began to grow across all denominations.• a house built in the late 19th century• Oh, no, my library books are late.• The bus is late again.• Severiano Ballesteros was disqualified for late arrival on the 1st tee.• He is a big fan of reggae music and the late Bob Marley.• Mrs. Moody's late husband• She set up the fund in memory of her late husband.• I watched the late show on TV.
late for• Peggy was late for school.
late nights• I spent hours there, evenings, days, late nights.• Stephen no longer permitted her late nights.• The introduction of Intercity's Nightrider service seems to have caused some difficulty in the publicity department. late nights?• I stayed late nights and came in on weekends.• Lapsang Souchong was opium, bohemia, late nights and Gauloises.• I spent six weeks on it, working late nights and weekends.• Too many late nights listening to Gilbert and Sullivan, I shouldn't wonder.• All these late nights with Omar were as exhilarating as they were tiring.
It’s late• She doesn't. It's late.
late husband/wife• Betty Maxwell on the pensioners robbed by her late husband.• It never occurred to me that Karen might be grieving for her late husband.• Mrs Hancock kept the white mansion and some other property interests of her late husband.• Widowed four years ago, she lives off two pensions left by her late husband.• The collection came from the estate of Diana and her late husband Alan Lake.• Court was forced to sell Stoll Moss by banks to which her late husband's company owed millions.• Ruby claims her illness was caused by washing her late husband's overalls.• Marion Witherspoon had married her late husband when she was twenty or twenty-one.
late2 ●●● S2 W3 adverbadv (comparativecomp later, superlativesupl no superlativesupl)  
1  LATEafter the usual time 晚，迟
2  LATEafter the arranged or expected time 迟，晚；迟于安排[预期]的时间 OPP early
3  too late after the time when something could or should have been done 太晚
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too late• Hospitals keep the sick waiting to be admitted until it is too late.• I tried to reach your hand, but it was too late.• We rushed to the store as soon as we left work but arrived too late.• A part of me wanted to stop and hit rewind, but it was too late.• A whole day was too long - even a few hours would be too late.• Coach home; too late for a swim.• He had already gone too far down another road, too late for turning back.• By the time the doctor arrived, it was too late; he was already dead.• I'm afraid you're too late - I've just sold the last ticket.• They got to the airport too late to catch the plane.• Their efforts may be too little too late to ensure that the Pearl maintains its independence.• It's never too late to learn a new language.• Somehow it already felt too late to make the crossing.
4  ENDnear to the end of a period of time or an event 〔时期或事件〕临近末尾
5  as late as something RECENTLYused to express surprise that something considered old-fashioned was still happening so recently 〔过时的东西〕到…的时候仍然在发生〔表示惊讶〕
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as late as something• Du Pont was seen walking from room to room in the house as late as midnight, officials said.• He could party as late as he wanted, come and go as he pleased.• Individuals accounted for more than three-quarters of trading as late as three years ago.• Installed in 1906, I saw the piping in full service as late as 1985.• It was as if they had left it as late as possible to take maximum advantage of credit.• Snow may linger as late as mid-July.• The cabinet was informed as late as possible; even ministers on the poll-tax review committee were not told what was coming.• The return of Communists to power seemed possible even as late as the presidential runoff between Zyuganov and Yeltsin in July.
6  of late formalRECENTLY recently 最近
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of late• He's taken to mountain climbing of late.
7. late in life LATEif you do something late in life, you do it at an older age than most people do it 〔做某事〕比一般人年岁大一点
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late in life• Carter and Reagan had come into politics relatively late in life.• Greg got married late in life.• She didn't have children until relatively late in life.• Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life.• Much of his commitment to social justice came late in life.• Sir Monty Finniston entered the industrial arena relatively late in life.• They gave him something he needed late in life, and he gave them something they needed early in theirs.• Marriage, if considered, is arrived at later in life, and there is always divorce.• Very late in life, bald with worry and eaten by a stomach ulcer, her father became a dentist.• Not having children or having them late in life doubles the risk, as does heavy alcohol consumption.• Pauline decided much later in life that she wanted a degree.
8. better late than never used to say that you are glad someone has done something, or to say that they should do something even though they are late 迟做总比不做好
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better late than never• While ongoing self-monitoring is urged, it is always better late than never.
→ run late at run1(39)
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late• The bus came ten minutes late.• They were going to be out late and their help was away.• I stayed late at work last night.• Trains out of Waverley were running fifteen minutes late by the time she got there, but she didn't care.• All the stores in the mall are open late for the sale.• Deteriorating snow conditions late in the day cause most problems on alpine descents.• She was surprised to find how late she'd slept in.• Days began early and ended late so that maximum distances could be travelled.• Come late to-morrow I must explain to you.
work late• He appreciates her, recognizing her good work, thanking her when she works late.• The General Surgical Theatre was working late.• Who generally comes to work late?• This can matter if you expect to be working late and the bus stage is some distance away from your place of work.• Another idea: Reward employees, not for working late but for working so efficiently that they can leave early.• You work late, don't you.• I spent six weeks on it, working late nights and weekends.• Lesser fines for getting to work late, or leaving early, or failing to report a problem with a machine.
late in• late in the afternoon
Origin late1
Old English læt
late1 adjectiveadj →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1late2 adverbadv
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