英汉词典

late 基本解释

• adj. 晚的；迟的；已故的；最近的
• adv. 晚；迟；最近；在晚期

late 词态变化

late 中文词源

来自PIE*led,慢的，疲倦的，来自PIE*le,放开，松开，松软，词源同late,lenient.引申词义慢的，晚的。

late 英文词源

late

late: [OE] English and Dutch (with laat) are the only modern European languages to use this word to express the idea of ‘behind time’. It comes from an Indo-European base *lad- ‘slow, weary’, which also produced Latin lassus ‘tired’ (source of English alas [13] and lassitude [16]). In prehistoric Germanic this gave *lataz ‘slow, sluggish’.

Its English descendant late originally meant ‘slow’ (and the related German lass still means ‘lazy’), but although this survived dialectally into the 19th century, in the mainstream language ‘delayed’ had virtually replaced it by the 15th century. From the same ultimate Indo-European source come English lease, let, and liege.
=> alas, lassitude, last, lease, let, liege

late (adj.)

Old English læt "occurring after the customary or expected time," originally "slow, sluggish," from Proto-Germanic *lata- (cognates: Old Norse latr "sluggish, lazy," Middle Dutch, Old Saxon lat, German laß "idle, weary," Gothic lats "weary, sluggish, lazy," latjan "to hinder"), from PIE *led- "slow, weary" (cognates: Latin lassus "faint, weary, languid, exhausted," Greek ledein "to be weary"), from root *le- "to let go, slacken" (see let (v.)).

The sense of "deceased" (as in the late Mrs. Smith) is from late 15c., from an adverbial sense of "recently." Of women's menstrual periods, attested colloquially from 1962. Related: Lateness. As an adverb, from Old English late.

late 词组搭配

late 英文释义

1. 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"

2. after the expected or usual time; delayed;

"a belated birthday card"

"I'm late for the plane"

"the train is late"

"tardy children are sent to the principal"

"always tardy in making dental appointments"

3. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time;

"a late development"

"their late quarrel"

"his recent trip to Africa"

"in recent months"

"a recent issue of the journal"

4. having died recently;

"her late husband"

5. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages;

"Late Greek"

6. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development;

"the late phase of feudalism"

"a later symptom of the disease"

"later medical science could have saved the child"

7. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

"the former president"

"our late President is still very active"

"the previous occupant of the White House"

late 双语例句

1. He defected from the party in the late 1970s.

他在20世纪70年代后期叛出了该党。

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2. Stay in bed extra late or get up specially early.

起床过晚或过早。

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3. Most late developers will catch up with their friends.

大多数身材发育迟缓者都会赶上他们的朋友。

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4. Heavy Metal music really arose in the late 60s.

重金属音乐真正形成于60年代后期。

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5. Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late.

由于发生了不幸的意外，我知道消息的时候已经晚了一天。

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late 实用场景例句

in the late afternoon

傍晚

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in late summer

夏末

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She married in her late twenties (= when she was 28 or 29) .

她快三十岁时才结婚。

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In later life he started playing golf.

他晚年才开始打高尔夫球。

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The school was built in the late 1970s.

这所学校建于20世纪70年代末。

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I'm sorry I'm late.

对不起，我迟到了。

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She's late for work every day.

她每天上班都迟到。

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My flight was an hour late.

我那趟航班晚点了一小时。

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We apologize for the late arrival of this train.

我们对本趟列车的晚点表示歉意。

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Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year.

因天气寒冷，农作物今年成熟得晚。

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Interest will be charged for late payment.

逾期付款必须支付利息。

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Here is a late news flash.

现在插播刚刚收到的新闻。

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It was late in the afternoon...

那是下午近黄昏的时候。

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She had to work late at night...

她不得不深夜工作。

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It was very late and the streets were deserted...

时间已很晚，街上空空荡荡。

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We've got to go now. It's getting late.

我们得走了。时候不早了。

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Steve arrived late...

史蒂夫迟到了。

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The talks began some fifteen minutes late...

会谈晚了大概15分钟才开始。

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We went to bed very late...

我们很晚才睡。

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He married late.

他结婚晚。

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...my late husband.

我已故的丈夫

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...the late Mr Parkin.

已故的帕金先生

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...Cousin Zachary, late of Bellevue Avenue.

直到不久前还住在贝尔邬大道的表兄扎卡里

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...Strobe Talbott, late of Time magazine.

刚离开《时代》杂志不久的斯特罗布·塔尔博特

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It's been a long time coming but better late than never.

早就该如此了。不过，也总比没有的强。

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I'd left it all too late in the day to get anywhere with these strategies.

我按兵不动时间太长，致使这些策略都不管用了。

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His life has changed of late...

他的生活近来发生了变化。

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The dollar has been stronger of late.

美元近来走势强劲。

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It was too late to turn back...

回头已经太晚了。

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We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.

等我们发觉自己已成瓮中之鳖时已经太晚了。

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