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🔑 late BrE /leɪt / NAmE /leɪt / adjective (later , lat·est 🔑 [ only before noun ] near the end of a period of time , a person's life , etc . ◆ in the late afternoon ◆ in late summer ◆ She married in her late twenties (= when she was 28 or 29 . ◆ In later life he started playing golf . ◆ The school was built in the late 1970s . OPP early 🔑 [ not usually before noun ] arriving , happening or done after the expected , arranged or usual time ◆ I'm sorry I'm late . ◆ She's late for work every day . ◆ My flight was an hour late . ◆ We apologize for the late arrival of this train . ◆ Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year . ◆ Interest will be charged for late payment . ◆ Here is a late newsflash . OPP early 🔑 near the end of the day ◆ Let's go home —it's getting late . ◆ Look at the time —it's much later than I thought . ◆ What are you doing up at this late hour ? ◆ What is the latest time I can have an appointment ? ◆ I've had too many late nights recently (= when I've gone to bed very late . OPP early [ only before noun ] (formal (of a person 人 no longer alive ◆ her late husband ◆ the late Paul Newman ▸ late·ness BrE /ˈleɪtnəs / NAmE /ˈleɪtnəs / noun [ U ] ◆ They apologized for the lateness of the train . ◆ Despite the lateness of the hour , the children were not in bed . ➡ see also later adjective , latest adjective ● be too ˈlate 🔑 happening after the time when it is possible to do sth ◆ It's too late to save her now . ◆ Buy now before it's too late . 🔑 late BrE /leɪt / NAmE /leɪt / adverb (later , 🔑 after the expected , arranged or usual time ◆ I got up late . ◆ Can I stay up late tonight ? ◆ She has to work late tomorrow . ◆ The big stores are open later on Thursdays . ◆ She married late . ◆ The birthday card arrived three days late . late / lately Late and lately are both adverbs, but late is used with similar meanings to the adjective late , whereas lately can only mean 'recently'. * late 和 lately 均为副词，但 late 与作形容词的 late 意义相似，而 lately 只含近来之义 ： ◆ We arrived two hours late. 我们迟到了两小时。 ◆ I haven't heard from him lately. 我最近没听过他的消息。 Lately is usually used with a perfect tense of the verb. * lately 常与动词的完成时连用。 Look also at the idioms be too late (at the adjective) and too late (at the adverb). 另见习语 be too late（形容词部分）和 too late（副词部分）。 🔑 near the end of a period of time , a person's life , etc . ◆ late in March /the afternoon ◆ It happened late last year . ◆ As late as (= as recently as the 1950s , tuberculosis was still a fatal illness . ◆ He became an author late in life . 🔑 near the end of the day ◆ There's a good film on late . ◆ Late that evening , there was a knock at the door . ◆ Share prices fell early on but rose again late in the day . OPP early ➡ see also later adverb ● ˌbetter ˌlate than ˈnever (saying used especially when you , or sb else , arrive /arrives late , or when sth such as success happens late , to say that this is better than not coming or happening at all ● ˌlate in the ˈday (disapproving after the time when an action could be successful ◆ He started working hard much too late in the day —he couldn't possibly catch up . ● late of… (formal until recently working or living in the place mentioned ◆ Professor Jones , late of Oxford University ● of ˈlate (formal recently ◆ I haven't seen him of late . ● too ˈlate 🔑 after the time when it is possible to do sth successfully ◆ She's left it too late to apply for the job . ◆ I realized the truth too late . ● a night ˈout an evening that you spend enjoying yourself away from home ◆ They enjoy a night out occasionally . ● ˌsooner or ˈlater 🔑 at some time in the future , even if you are not sure exactly when ◆ Sooner or later you will have to make a decision .
