1)late adj. & adv. 迟,迟的,晚的,晚期,在晚期。如: The train was 10 minutes late. 火车晚点十分钟。 It's never too late to mend. 改过不为晚。 (It's)Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。 in the late afternoon 傍晚,在下午较晚的时候 in the late 1990's/1990s 在二十世纪九十年代末 Work late/far/deep into the night 工作至深夜 late in autumn 深秋 另外, late 用作形容词还可用来表示“已故的,去世不久的;前任的,不久前卸任的”.如:the late Chairman Liu Shaoqi 前国家主席刘少奇 the late government 前任(上一届)政府 2)later adj. & adv. 为late比较级,意指较迟,较晚一些。如: 可以单独做状语,也可以用在段时之后。 two hours later, the ship sank. 两小时后,轮船沉没了。 See you later! later on以后,后来。(不与具体时间连用) Let's discuss the question later on. 让我们以后再讨论这个问题吧。 He is to arrive at no later than 10 p.m. 他最迟不过晚上十点赶到。 另外,later 还可用作状语,表示“后来”之意。如: Later he became a general. 后来他当上了将军。 Later,later on 可以与一般过去时和一般将来时连用。 5) lately adv. (=recently) 最近,近来,通常用于现在完成时态,如: The old palace has lately been rebuilt. 古老的宫殿最近得以重建。 Have you seen him lately? 你最近见到过他吗? 3)latter adj. 意思是指(两者中)后者的,后者,反义词是former,(两者中)前者。 注意,不要把latter与late的比较级later混淆。如 Of the two the latter is far better than the former. 两者中后者远比前者好。 Of pigs and cows, the latter (=the cows) are more valuable. 猪牛两种动物中,后者较有价值。 Did he walk or swim? The latter seems unlikely. 他走路还是游泳?后者好像不太可能。 本文来源:https://www.wddqw.com/doc/48fe3b48b14e852458fb57cd.html