| 词组 | late |
| 释义 | 1．late 用作形容词或副词，lately 只用作副词。说“晚”或“迟”只可以用 late，不可用 lately，如 come late，sit up late，marry late in life 等表达方式里的 late 不可改作 lately。说“近来”该用 lately。例如：He has arrived lately. 用 late 现在很不普通，该避免。说“不久以前……但现在并不……”用 late。例如：Mr J. C. Jones，late of London, has arrived in China. 2．too late for the train（赶不上火车）等表达方式里的 too 可以省去。He got here three minutes late 里在 late 前通常没有 too。He is never late for（或 to）school 里在 late 前面不可加 too。 3．at latest 和 at the latest 都作“至迟”解。例如：We must finish the work on Friday at (the) latest. 4．as late as l952，as late as 6 May 等表达方式里不该在 1952 前面加 in 或在 6 May 前加 on。 5．later 和 later on 都可以用，如 That happened later (on) 和 I shall call again later (on)。注意不可从现在算起说明若干时间而用 later，如不可说 I shall call again a week later，该把 a week later 改作 in a week。 下面各句里的 a week later 都不是从现在算起，所以用得不错： I called on him on 24 July, and called again a week later. I shall call on him on 20 October and shall call again a week later. When you see him for the first time, you may think him rather inaccessible, but when you see him again a week later you are likely to find him quite likable. As you have some extra work to do today, you'll have to leave the office an hour later 里的 an hour later 作“比平时（或比原定计划）迟一小时”解。 6．lately 和 of late 都作“近来”解，lately 比 of late 普通。lately 可以修饰属于完成时态或过去时态的动词，那动词也许指一时的动作，也许指持续的动作，如 He (has) arrived lately 和 He (has) stayed at home lately。of late 通常修饰属于完成时态而表示持续动作的动词。例如：He has stayed at home of late. lately 和 of late 有时修饰属于现在时态的动词。例如：I do not read much lately（或 of late）. 但不很普通。 7．the late prime minister，the late headmaster 等表达方式里的 late 有时作“已死的”解，有时作“已退职的”解。在有可能被人误解的场合，该避免这用法。下面几点该注意： （1）the late Mr Smith（已死的 Smith 先生）等表达方式里也有 the。 （2）my late father，his late brother 等里的 late 当然作“已死的”解。 （3）late 作“已死的”解，只指死了不久的人，不可指死了好久的人，如可以说 the late George Bernard Shaw，但不说 the late John Milton。 |
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