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lateadjective, adverbuk/leɪt/ us/leɪt/

late adjective adverb NEAR THE END

A1 (happening or being) near the end of a period of time末期的，晚期的；接近终了

It was late at night.夜已经很深了。
We talked late into the night.我们一直谈到深夜。
Is that the time? I'd no idea it was so late.都这时候了！我不知道都这么晚了。
It was late summer when it happened.那件事发生在夏末。
It was built in the late 19th century.它建于19世纪晚期。
He's probably in his late twenties.他很可能快30岁了。
As late (= as recently) as the 1980s they were still using horses on this farm.直到20世纪80年代这个农场还在使用马匹。

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From the late 19th century, European powers began to gain control of parts of the Ottoman Empire.

House music first appeared in the late 1980s.

Nowadays many women are in their late thirties when they have their first child.

As it was getting late, I decided to book into a hotel.

Newcastle seemed to be heading for disaster until a late goal saved the day.

late adjective adverb AFTER EXPECTED TIME

A1 (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time迟的，晚的；延迟的

This train is always late.这趟火车总是晚点。
You'll be late for your flight if you don't hurry up.如果不抓紧时间你会误机的。
Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic.对不起我来晚了。我在路上堵车了。
It's too late to start complaining now.现在才开始抱怨已经晚了。
We always have a late breakfast on Sunday mornings.星期天我们总是很晚才吃早饭。
Some late news (= news of something that happened after the news programme started) has just come in - a bomb has exploded in central London.刚刚收到最新消息——一枚炸弹在伦敦中心地区爆炸。
Our ferry was two hours late because of the strike.渡轮因罢工而晚点两个小时。
Kathryn's just phoned to say she's working late this evening.凯瑟琳刚才打电话说今天晚上要工作到很晚。
See also
latecomer

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The bridegroom was late for the ceremony.

Is it too late to enrol at the college?

We've fallen into the habit of getting up late on Saturday mornings.

Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting approximately half an hour late.

I missed the start of the exam because my bus was late.

late adjective adverb SPORTS

in football, if a tackle is late, it is made after the ball has been moved by another player and the player, not the ball, is kicked（足球比赛中的铲球）迟了（此时球已移动，于是被踢到的不是球而是对方队员）

He was booked for a late challenge in the first minute.他在比赛第一分钟就因为铲球迟了而被罚黄牌。
lateness noun [ U ] uk/ˈleɪt.nəs/ us/ˈleɪt.nəs/

formal the fact of being late晚，迟到，延迟

It was no great surprise that you were tired given the lateness of the hour.时间这么晚了，难怪你感觉很累。

Idiom(s)

late in the day
of late
too little, too late
lateadjective [ before noun ]uk/leɪt/ us/leɪt/

C2 used to refer to someone who has died已故的，已去世的

She gave her late husband's clothes to charity.她把丈夫去世后留下的衣服捐给了慈善机构。

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She is the wife of the late Ernest Jones.

It belonged to my late father.

She is the daughter of the Mr James Field and the late Mrs Daphne Field.

My late mother was an opera singer.

I knew his late brother.

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