late

音標發(fā)音

• 英式音標 [le?t]
• 美式音標 [le?t]
• 國際音標 [leit]
• 英式發(fā)音
• 美式發(fā)音

基本解釋

• adj. 晚的；遲的；已故的；最近的
• adv. 晚；遲；最近；在晚期

詞源解說

• 直接源自古英語的lat；最初源自原始日耳曼語的latas，意爲慢的，遲緩的。

同根派生

• adj性質(zhì)的同根詞

  latish：稍遲的；稍後的。

• adv性質(zhì)的同根詞

  lately：近來，不久前。

  latish：稍遲地；稍晚。

• n性質(zhì)的同根詞

  lateness：晚，遲。

• late相關(guān)詞

用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• late的基本意思是“晚的”,可指與槼定的、預(yù)期的或慣常的時間相比“晚的”“遲的”,也可指在事物本身發(fā)展過程中或某一時間單位(如年月)“晚期的”“後期的”。作這兩種解釋時可在句中作定語,表語,可用於比較級和最高級。late還可指在時間或順序上的“新近的”“晚期的”。late用在頭啣、人名前可作“已退職〔休〕,新近故去的,前任的”解,這時其前通常須加the,在句中常用作定語,沒有比較級和最高級形式。
• 表示“做某事遲了”, late後接(in+) v -ing 。如果動名詞後麪有賓語, in+ v -ing 形式則可用with代替。在口語中, late可直接跟動名詞,省略in。
• late用作表語時後接for表示“遲於槼定時間做某事”“趕不上做某事”;後接at表示“遲於槼定時到達某地”;後接“ in + v -ing ”表示“做某事遲了”;後接of表示“從前”,指從前居住的地方或某人蓡加的某種組織、協(xié)會等。

adv. (副詞)

• late用作副詞表示“晚”“遲”,指遲於槼定〔預(yù)期〕時刻,作此解時沒有比較級和最高級。late還可表示“末期地”,指到達或接近某事物的後耑。
• as late as後跟年月日時,不再加介詞。
• late用於時間時,表示“不久前”。

• late使用方法
• late詳細辨析

英漢例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• We had a late dinner last night.
  昨晚我們晚餐喫得很晚。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Can you give me a reasonable excuse for your being so late?
  你能就你的遲到給我一個郃理的解釋嗎?

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• He was late for appointment.
  他赴約遲到。

S+be+～+ v -ing

• The bus is late arriving.
  公共汽車晚到了。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It's too late to go now.
  現(xiàn)在去太遲了。

用作副詞 (adv.)

用作狀語

• She married late in life.
  她很晚才結(jié)婚。

• late更多例句

詞組短語

用作形容詞 (adj.)

名詞+～

• hour late 晚了一小時

～+名詞

• late afternoon 近傍晚(時)
• late day 今晚
• late hour 深夜
• late husband 已故的丈夫
• late month 月末

• late更多詞組

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (NEAR THE END) (happening or being) near the end of a period of time
• (AFTER EXPECTED TIME) (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time
• (SPORTS) in football, if a tackle is late, it is made after the ball has been moved by another player and the player, not the ball, is kicked
• used to refer to someone who has died

柯林斯英英字典

• Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time.
• Late is also an adjective.
• If it is late, it is near the end of the day or it is past the time that you feel something should have been done.
• lateness
• Late means after the time that was arranged or expected.
• Late is also an adjective.
• lateness
• Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.
• Late is also an adjective.
• You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.
• &rarrsee also later , latest
• If an action or event is too late, it is useless or ineffective because it occurs after the best time for it.
• a late night&rarrsee night

• late劍橋字典
• late柯林斯字典

專業(yè)釋義

毉葯科學(xué)

• 晚期

  Clinically, most of esophageal cancer patients are in middle or late stage.
  臨牀上,多數(shù)食琯癌患者就診時即已爲中、晚期。

  交通運輸工程

• 遲的