late的词典解释是：（时间上）接近终了，临近末了Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time。late的词语用法是adj.(形容词)late的基本意思是“晚的”,可指与规定的、预期的或惯常的时间相比“晚的”“迟的”,也可指在事物本身发展过程中或某一时间单位(如年月)“晚期的”“后期的”。作这两种解释时可在句中作定语,表语,可用于比较级和最高级。late还可指在时间或顺序上的“新近的”“晚期的”。late用在头衔、人名前可作“已退职〔休〕,新近故去的,前任的”解,这时其前通常须加the,在句中常用作定语,没有比较级和最高级形式。late比较级:later；最高级:latest；名词:lateness。
一、详尽释义点此查看late的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、英英释义
"late evening"
"late 18th century"
"a late movie"
"took a late flight"
"had a late breakfast"
"a belated birthday card"
"I'm late for the plane"
"the train is late"
"tardy children are sent to the principal"
"always tardy in making dental appointments"
"a late development"
"their late quarrel"
"his recent trip to Africa"
"in recent months"
"a recent issue of the journal"
"her late husband"
"Late Greek"
"the late phase of feudalism"
"a later symptom of the disease"
"later medical science could have saved the child"
"the former president"
"our late President is still very active"
"the previous occupant of the White House"
"the train arrived late"
"we awoke late"
"the children came late to school"
"notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"
"I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"
"deep into the night"
"talked late into the evening"
"she married late"
"undertook the project late in her career"
"he was in Paris recently"
"lately the rules have been enforced"
"as late as yesterday she was fine"
"feeling better of late"
"the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"
四、例句
I'm afraid I may be a little late.
恐怕我可能稍晚一点。
The train was 10 minutes late.
火车晚点了10 分钟。
This country was founded in the late eighteenth century.
这个国家是在18世纪末期建立的。
Tell me about his late illness.
告诉我他最近的病况。
There were several clashes before this latest incident.
在这次事件发生之前已有过几次冲突。
He found the charity in memory of his late wife.
他兴办那项慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。
We went to bed late.
我们很晚才上床。
I overslept because I stayed up too late last night.
我睡过头了,因为昨晚睡得很迟。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
Trust me...It is not too late to escape.
出自：E. WaughLight woke me early, but the trams were late.
出自：J. StallworthyI was quite ten minutes late for my appointment.
出自：A. MacLeanThe snow lay late that year.
出自：J. BuchanI got back from Germany late in September.
出自：C. P. SnowA middle-aged man who had been ordained late in life.
出自：B. PymThe show started ten minutes late.
出自：L. CodyBetter late than never.
出自：Proverb七、常见错误
误 你读过斯坦韦最后的小说吗?
正 你读过斯坦韦的最新小说吗?
析 late的最高级latest的意思是“最新的”“最近的”,而不是“最后的”。
他在晚年退出了政界。误 He withdrew from politics in his late years.
正 He withdrew from politics in his later years.
析 当表示“晚年”时,常用它的比较级later。
这件事发生在60年代后期。误 It happened in late 1960s.
正 It happened in the late 1960s.
析 表示“年代”的数字前面须用the,加late后the也不能省略。
叫他开会不要迟到。误 Tell him not to be late at the meeting.
正 Tell him not to be late for the meeting.
他晚到公共汽车站。误 He was late for the bus stop.
正 He was late at the bus stop.
析 “(做某事)迟到”须用be late for,“(到某地)迟到”须用be late at。
误 Tom came to school lately and missed the first lesson.
正 Tom came to school late and missed the first lesson.
析 late的形容词形式和副词形式相同, lately并不是late的副词形式, lately的意思是“最近,近来”。
late的相关近义词
behind、dead、delayed、old、past、slow、belatedly、formerly、recently、slowly
late的相关反义词
early、punctual、early、punctually
late的相关临近词
lately、latch、lated、Latey、laten、Lates、Lateve、Latela、Latevi、lateen、Lateef、Latella