late
英 [le?t]
美[let]
- adj. 晚的；遲的；已故的；最近的
- adv. 晚；遲；最近；在晚期
詞組搭配
at the latest
no later than the time specified
最遲，最晚
all new cars will be required to meet this standard by 1997 at the latest.
要求所有的新車最遲于1997年前達到這一標準。
late in the day (或 北美
at a late stage in proceedings, especially too late to be useful
為時已晚，時機已過
you've realized it a little late in the day.
你已經認識到了，不過為時已晚。
of late
Recently; lately
近來；最近
was feeling better of late.
最近感覺好多了