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【释义】：

(later，latest)a．❶ 迟的，迟到的：a late comer迟到者．The train is late．火车晚点了．Don’t be late for(or to)school．上学不要迟到．I was three minutes late for the train．我迟到三分钟，没有赶上火车．at(the) latest最迟不晚于：Be here on Monday at(the) latest．最迟星期一要到这儿．❷ 晚的，后期的，迟暮的：late crops晚庄稼．late autumn深秋．in the late seventies of the 20th century二十世纪七十年代末期．Spring is late in coming．春来得晚．It is late at night．夜深了．❸ 近来的，新近的：the late rains最近的雨．of late years近年，这儿年来．a late r edition较新的版本．the latest news(fashions)最新消息(式样)．❹ 从前的，前任的：the late secretary前任书记．❺ ．(新近)去世的：my late father我已故的父亲．

－ad．❶ 迟，迟到：He arrived too late to catch the train．他到得太晚，没能赶上火车．Don’t come late next time．下次不要迟到．Better late than never．【谚】不怕慢，就怕站．❷ 晚，后期：He always sits up late studying．他经常学习到深夜．late r on以后：I’ll see you late r on．我以后来看你．early and late 从早到晚．early or late(=sooner or later)迟早．❸ 最近，不久以前：I saw him as late as yesterday．我昨天还看见他呢．of late 近来：The contradictions among the imperialist countries have even more sharply increased of late．近来帝国主义国家间的矛盾更加尖锐化了．❹ 以前是，原先是：Now my house，late Comrade Li’s．现在我的住处，原先是李同志的住处．