| 釋義 |
late2 /leit; let/ adv 1 (contrasted with early) after the usual, right, fixed or expected time: (與 early 相對)遲; 晚: get up/go to bed/arrive home ~; 起床(睡儺,到家)很晚; marry ~ in life, eg at the age of 50; 晚婚(例如五十歲結(jié)婚); two years -r; 二年后; sit/stay up ~, not go to bed until a ~ hour. 遲睡; 熬夜。 Better ~ than never. 遲盛總比不做好, ~ in the day, ~ r than desired or expected. 段繭望者為晚。~, on, at a ~r time; afterwards: 后來; 以核: a few days ~ r on; 數(shù)日后; as we shall see ~ r o . 正如我們以后將要看到的。 early and ~, at all hours: 從早到晚: He's at his desk early and 他一天到晚在桌前工作。 sooner or ~r, some time or other. 遞早; 總有一天。 2 recently: 近來; 新近: I saw him as ~ as/no ~ r than yesterday. 我昨天還看見過他。 latish /'leitij; 'letif/ adj rather ~. 稍遲的; 稍晚的。 |