late
英 [le?t]
美[let]
- adj. 晚的；遲的；已故的；最近的
- adv. 晚；遲；最近；在晚期
詞組搭配
at the latest
no later than the time specified
最遲，最晚
all new cars will be required to meet this standard by 1997 at the latest.
要求所有的新車(chē)最遲于1997年前達(dá)到這一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
late in the day (或 北美
at a late stage in proceedings, especially too late to be useful
為時(shí)已晚，時(shí)機(jī)已過(guò)
you've realized it a little late in the day.
你已經(jīng)認(rèn)識(shí)到了，不過(guò)為時(shí)已晚。
of late
Recently; lately
近來(lái)；最近
was feeling better of late.
最近感覺(jué)好多了