late/leɪt/

adv

1. 迟，晚

• He got here five minutes late. 他迟到了5分钟。

• The children stayed up late. 这些孩子晚上睡得很晚。

• two weeks later 两星期后

2. 在晚期

• late in autumn 在深秋

3. 新近，不久前

• I saw him as late as yesterday. 我昨天还见过他。

better late than never见better² late in the day 太晚

• It's late in the day for you to say thanks now. 你现在说感谢已经太晚了。

of late 近来，最近

• It has been rainy of late. 最近老下雨。