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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++late1 /leɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective (comparative later, superlative 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。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 a) a child who develops socially, emotionally, or physically at a later age than other children 发育晚的孩子 b) someone who does not become successful until they are older 大器晚成的人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 It’s a bit late in the day to start having objections. 现在才开始反对有点晚了。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〕 Billy Hicks, late of this parish 不久前故去的本教区的比利·希克斯 —lateness noun [uncountable] 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. THESAURUSlate 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 English, be behind on something American English 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 English 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 adverb (comparative later, superlative no superlative)  1  LATEafter the usual time 晚，迟 The stores are open later on Thursdays. 商店星期四开门较晚。 Ellen has to work late tonight. 埃伦今晚得工作到很晚。 Can you stay late? 你可以晚点走吗？2  LATEafter the arranged or expected time 迟，晚；迟于安排[预期]的时间 OPP earlyten minutes/two hours etc late The bus came ten minutes late. 公共汽车晚到了十分钟。3  too late after the time when something could or should have been done 太晚 The advice came too late. 忠告来得太晚了。4  ENDnear to the end of a period of time or an event 〔时期或事件〕临近末尾late in The wedding took place late in May. 婚礼在5月底举行。 It was not a place to walk in late at night. 深夜不要在那地方走。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〕 Capital punishment was still used in Britain as late as the 1950s. 直到20世纪50年代，英国仍未废除死刑。6  of late formalRECENTLY recently 最近 Birth rates have gone down of late. 最近出生率下降了。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 → 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 afternoonOrigin late1 Old English læt

late1 adjective →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1late2 adverbLDOCE OnlineChinese  

the or after that happening, done Corpus arriving, time

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late¹ S1 W1 /leɪt/ adjective (comparative later, superlative latest)1.  AFTER EXPECTED TIME arriving, happening, or done after the time that was expected, agreed, or arranged
   OPP  early:
    Sorry I’m late – I overslept.
    ten minutes/two hours etc late
    You’re half an hour late.
    The train was even later than usual.
    We apologize for the late departure of flight AZ709.
    There are penalties if loan repayments are late.
    late for
    Cheryl was late for school.
    late with
    We’ve never been late with the rent.
2.  NEAR THE END  [only before noun] used to refer to the part near the end of a period of time
   OPP  early:
    a late eighteenth century building
    Paul’s in his late forties.
    in the late 1980s
    By late afternoon, she had done 10 drawings.
3. be too late to arrive or do something after the time when something could or should have been done:
    He shouted a warning but it was too late.
    too late to do something
    Are we too late to get tickets?
    It was too late to turn back.
4.  AFTER USUAL TIME happening or done after the usual or normal time:
    a late breakfast
    The harvest was late this year because of the rain.
    She looked tired – too many late nights (=nights when she went to bed after the normal time).
5.  EVENING near the end of a day:
    the late movie
    It’s late – I’d better go home.
6.  DEAD  [only before noun] dead
    late husband/wife
    Mrs. Moore’s late husband
7. late developer/bloomer
  a. a child who develops socially, emotionally, or physically at a later age than other children
  b. someone who does not become successful until they are older
8. it’s (a little/bit) late in the day (to do something) used to show disapproval because someone has done something too late:
    It’s a bit late in the day to start having objections.
9. late of something formal used about someone who has died fairly recently:
    Billy Hicks, late of this parish
—lateness noun [uncountable]:
    penalties for lateness at work
    despite the lateness of the hour
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ late arriving or happening after the time that was expected or arranged: Sorry I’m late. | The bus was late. | Spring seems to be very late this year.
   ▪ not on time not arriving or doing something at the time that was expected or arranged: He never hands his homework in on time. | If we don’t leave on time, we’ll miss the flight.
   ▪ overdue not done or happening by the expected time – used especially about payments that are late or library books that should have been returned: Your rent is three weeks overdue. | I had to pay a £3 fine on some overdue library books.
   ▪ be behind with something British English, be behind on something American English to be late in doing something that you have to do: I can’t come out because I’m behind with my English essay.
   ▪ be held up to be made late for a meeting, appointment etc by something that happens, especially by bad traffic: I was held up by a traffic jam.
   ▪ be delayed to be prevented from arriving, leaving, or happening at the expected time – often used about public transport: The flight was delayed by bad weather.
   ▪ belated /bɪˈleɪtəd, bɪˈleɪtɪd/ given or done late – used especially about something that someone has forgotten or failed to do: a belated birthday card | I’m still hoping for a belated apology from him.
   ▪ tardy especially American English formal arriving or happening late: a habitually tardy person | a tardy decision
   ▪ be in arrears /əˈrɪəz $ əˈrɪrz/ formal to have not made one or more regular payments at the time when you should: One in eight mortgage payers are in arrears.

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late² S2 W3 adverb (comparative later, superlative no superlative)
1. after the usual time:
    The stores are open later on Thursdays.
    Ellen has to work late tonight.
    Can you stay late?
2. after the arranged or expected time
   OPP  early
    ten minutes/two hours etc late
    The bus came ten minutes late.
3. too late after the time when something could or should have been done:
    The advice came too late.
4. near to the end of a period of time or an event
    late in
    The wedding took place late in May.
    It was not a place to walk in late at night.
5. as late as something used to express surprise that something considered old-fashioned was still happening so recently:
    Capital punishment was still used in Britain as late as the 1950s.
6. of late formal recently:
    Birth rates have gone down of late.
7. late in life if you do something late in life, you do it at an older age than most people do it
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
⇨ run late at run¹(39)