英 [leɪt] 美 [leɪt]
adj. 晚期的，末期的；晚的，迟的；近日暮的，近深夜的；已故的；不久前的，最近的
adv. 晚，迟；（时间上）接近终了，在晚年；临近日暮，接近午夜；（时间上）接近终了，临近末了，在晚年
比较级later或latter
最高级latest或last
late /leɪt/ CET4 TEM4 [ later latest ]
副词 Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. (时间) 接近终了
It was late in the afternoon.
那是在接近傍晚的时候。
His autobiography was written late in life.
他的自传是在晚年写的。
形容词 Late is also an adjective. 接近终了的
The talks eventually broke down in late spring.
会谈最终在暮春时破裂。
He was in his late 20s.
他年近三十。
形容词 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. 晚的; 迟的
It was very late and the streets were deserted.
天很晚了，街道上空无一人。
不可数名词 晚
A large crowd had gathered despite the lateness of the hour.
尽管时间很晚了，还有一大群人聚集在了一起。
副词 Late means after the time that was arranged or expected. (比安排或预计时间) 迟
Steve arrived late.
史蒂夫迟到了。
The talks began some fifteen minutes late.
商谈迟了约十五分钟才开始。
形容词 Late is also an adjective. 迟的
His campaign got off to a late start.
他的竞选活动开始较迟。
The train was 40 minutes late.
火车晚点了40分钟。
不可数名词 迟到
He apologized for his lateness.
他为自己的迟到道歉。
副词 Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens. (比通常时间) 晚
We went to bed very late.
我们很晚才睡觉。
形容词 Late is also an adjective. 晚的
They had a late lunch in a café.
他们很晚才在一家餐馆吃了午饭。
形容词 You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently. 已故的
...my late husband.
…我已故的丈夫。
习语 If an action or event is too late, it is useless or ineffective because it occurs after the best time for it. 太迟的
It was too late to turn back.
要回头，为时已晚。
a late night→seenight
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
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
a late development ; their late quarrel
同义词： recent
having died recently
her late husband
of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
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
同义词： later(a)
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
our late President is still very active
同义词： former(a) / previous(a)
at an advanced age or stage
she married late ; undertook the project late in her career
晚期-引用次数：611
Clinically, most of esophageal cancer patients are in middle or late stage.
临床上,多数食管癌患者就诊时即已为中、晚期。
迟的
... latter 后面的, (两者中)后者的, 较后的, 近来的 last 非常后的, 临终的, 末尾的 late 迟的, 晚(期)的, 已故的, 新近的 ...
而此刻已经是10月下旬(Late)，劳资两边却还没能达成新和议。退一步讲，就算劳资双方现在达成协议，各支球队至少也需要一个月的时间来进行球员来往和阵容调动...
最大的缺憾，便是从未获得总冠军戒指，所以我认为，姚明职业生涯后期(Late)，在已经证明过自己而且已经没能力再度称霸的前提下，人生要有意义，只有发扬生命，学习就是发扬生命最好的方法。
... radically 根本地，极端地，激进地 group 分组，分类 late 已故的；迟的，晚的 ...
She's late again—typical!
她又迟到了，一贯如此！
Come along! We're late.
快点！我们迟到了。
Steve arrived late.
史蒂夫迟到了。
Now,late payments are growing. Almost three percent of commercial mortgages were reported at least ninety days late between April and June.
VOA : special.2009.09.04
Beginning in the late 1630s at the moment in which Lycidas is being written, Milton is becoming increasingly radical.
在17世纪30年代的晚期,即的创作时期，弥尔顿正变得愈发的激进和极端。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
who is on the streets in New York and she got mugged because she was walking alone at late at night,
她正在纽约的大街上走着。有一次她在夜间独自一人在街上走，遭遇了抢劫。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : have to 课堂
During the late 19th century, she traveled around the world to learn about foreign cultures and improve her knowledge of art.
VOA : special.2009.01.11
But by the late nineteen seventies and the nineteen eighties, those countries no longer had much money to help farmers.
VOA : special.2010.03.23
Eddie Rickenbacker, the World War I ace, bravely founded Eastern Airlines in the late 1930s.
While it's never too early to stop the rot, it's never too late, either.
Back in the hills you hear the pop-pop-pop all early morning long in the late autumn.