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ADV-GRADED
（時間上）接近終了，臨近末了
Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time.
例句
It was late in the afternoon...
那是下午近黃昏的時候。
She had to work late at night...
她不得不深夜工作。
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ADJ-GRADED
近日暮的；近深夜的；時間不早的
If it is late, it is near the end of the day or it is past the time that you feel something should have been done.
例句
It was very late and the streets were deserted...
時間已很晚，街上空空蕩蕩。
We've got to go now. It's getting late.
我們得走了。時候不早了。
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ADV-GRADED
（比安排或預計時間）晚，遲
Late means after the time that was arranged or expected.
例句
Steve arrived late...
史蒂夫遲到了。
The talks began some fifteen minutes late...
會談晚了大概15分鐘才開始。
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ADV-GRADED
（比通常時間）晚，遲
Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.
例句
We went to bed very late...
我們很晚才睡。
He married late.
他結婚晚。
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ADJ
已故的；已逝的；（尤指）新近去世的
You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.
例句
...my late husband.
我已故的丈夫
...the late Mr Parkin.
已故的帕金先生
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ADJ
在…居住（或工作）直至最近的
Someone who is late of a particular place or institution lived or worked there until recently.
例句
...Cousin Zachary, late of Bellevue Avenue.
直到不久前還住在貝爾鄔大道的表兄扎卡里
...Strobe Talbott, late of Time magazine.
剛離開《時代》雜志不久的斯特羅布·塔爾博特
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CONVENTION
遲到好過沒到；晚做好過不做
If you say better late than never when someone has done something, you think they should have done it earlier.
例句
It's been a long time coming but better late than never.
早就該如此了。不過，也總比沒有的強。
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PHRASE
為時已晚；坐失良機
If you say that someone is doing something late in the day, you mean that their action or behaviour may not be fully effective because they have waited too long before doing it.
例句
I'd left it all too late in the day to get anywhere with these strategies.
我按兵不動時間太長，致使這些策略都不管用了。
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PHRASE
新近；最近；近來
You use of late to refer to an event or state of affairs that happened or began to exist a short time ago.
例句
His life has changed of late...
他的生活近來發生了變化。
The dollar has been stronger of late.
美元近來走勢強勁。
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PHRASE
為時已晚；過遲
If an action or event is too late, it is useless or ineffective because it occurs after the best time for it.
例句
It was too late to turn back...
回頭已經太晚了。
We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.
等我們發覺自己已成甕中之鱉時已經太晚了。