LATE1 arriving or leaving late2 what you say when someone or something is late3 later than usual4 what you say when someone or something is late5 to have done less than you planned to do6 too late7 late at nightRELATED WORDSoppositeEARLYmake someone or something late 把某人或某事弄晚DELAYat the right time 及时ON TIMEwhen someone or something is almost too late 某人或某事几乎太晚ON TIME (3)see alsoLATERAFTERTIME1 arriving or leaving late 晚到或晚走late /leɪt/ [adjective/adverb]arriving or leaving after the time that was arranged 晚的，迟的，迟到的 Andrew arrived late, as usual. 安德鲁一如往常，又迟到了。be late Sorry I'm late - my car wouldn't start. 对不起我迟到了—我的车发动不起来。late for She often arrives late for work. 她上班经常迟到。5 minutes/2 days etc late As usual, the bus was half an hour late. 和往常一样，公共汽车又迟到了半个小时。late arrival/departure We apologize for the late arrival of Flight AZ709. AZ709航班延误到达，我们表示歉意。not on time /nɒt ɒn ˈtaɪm/ [adverb]not arriving or leaving at the time that was arranged 不准时 The buses are never on time. 公共汽车从来不准时。 She knew if she wasn't on time that day she'd lose her job. 她知道那天如果不准时到达，她就会失去工作。 If we don't leave on time, we'll miss the flight! 我们如果不准时出发，会赶不上飞机的！latecomer /ˈleɪtˌkʌməʳ/ [countable noun]someone who arrives after the time that something such as a meeting, play, or concert is supposed to start 迟到的人 Latecomers will not be allowed into the concert hall until the interval. 迟到者须等到幕间休息才准进入音乐厅。2 what you say when someone or something is late 某人迟到或某事迟发生时说的话where have you been? /ˌweəʳ həv juː ˈbiːnǁ-ˈbɪn/spokensay this when someone arrives very late and you want to know why, because you are worried or annoyed 【口】你到哪里去了？ Where have you been? You said you'd be here at three! 你去哪儿了？你说过3点钟到的！what kept you? /wɒt ˈkept juː/spokensay this when someone arrives late and you are a little annoyed 【口】什么事情把你耽搁了？〔略有点生气〕 ‘What kept you?’ ‘I couldn't find my glasses.’ “什么事让你晚到了？”“我找不到眼镜。”about time tooBritish/it's about timeAmerican /əˌbaʊt ˌtaɪm ˈtuː, ɪts əˌbaʊt ˈtaɪm/spokensay this when someone or something arrives or does something late, and you are annoyed because you have been waiting a long time 【口】早该来了；早该做了 ‘Look, here's the bus.’ ‘It's about time!’ “你看，公共汽车来了。”“早该来了。what time do you call this? /wɒt ˌtaɪm duː juː ˌkɔːl ˈðɪs/British spokensay this when you are annoyed with someone because they have arrived very late 【英口】现在是什么时候了？〔因某人迟到而表示不高兴〕 What time do you call this, Martin? You were supposed to be here half an hour ago. 现在是什么时候了，马丁？你在半小时之前就应该到了。better late than never /ˌbetəʳ ˌleɪt ðən ˈnevəʳ/spokensay this when someone or something arrives or does something late but it does not matter very much 【口】晚来总比不来好；晚做总比不做好 ‘The pictures have finally arrived.’ ‘Well, better late than never.’ “这些画终于到了。”“好吧，晚到总比不到好。”is that the time? /ɪz ˌðæt ðə ˈtaɪm/Britishsay this when you suddenly realize that it is later than you thought it was 【英】时间到了？ Oh my god, is that the time? I've got to go! 噢，我的天哪，时间到了？我得走了！3 later than usual 比平时晚late /leɪt/ [adverb/adjective] The library stays open late on Fridays. 星期五图书馆开得比平日晚。be late The harvest was late this year because of the bad weather. 今年由于天气不好，庄稼收得晚。work latestay at work till later than usual 工作得很晚 I'm afraid I'll have to work late again tomorrow. 恐怕我明天又要晚下班了。get up late It's really nice to get up late on Saturday mornings. 星期六早上睡到很晚才起来真舒服啊。a late breakfast/lunch etc ‘Where's Bill?’ ‘He's having a late lunch.’ “比尔在哪里？”“他现在才吃午饭。”late in life /ˌleɪt ɪn ˈlaɪf/ [adverb]if you do somethinglate in life, you do it when you are older than the age at which people usually do it 年纪很大时，晚于一般年龄 Greg got married late in life. 格雷格很晚才结婚。 Carter and Reagan had come into politics relatively late in life. 卡特和里根从政相对较晚。4 what you say when someone or something is late 表示某人迟到或某事迟发生的话late /leɪt/ [adverb/adjective] The meeting started late. 会议开始晚了。 There are severe penalties for late payment of bills. 账单迟付罚款很重。15 minutes/3 days etc late Tony handed in his homework a day late. 托尼作业晚交了一天。overdue /ˌəʊvəʳˈdjuː◂ǁ-ˈduː◂/ [adjective]use this about payments that should have been made or library books that should have been returned before now 〔款项〕过期未付的；〔图书馆的书〕逾期未还的 I must take these books back to the library - they're overdue. 我必须把这些书还给图书馆—已经过期了。three weeks/two months etc overdue The rent's three weeks overdue. 租金逾期三周了。be behind with /biː bɪˈhaɪnd wɪð/ [verb phrase]to have not made one or more regular payments at the time when you should 拖欠〔定期支付的款项〕 Jim's worried because he's behind with his loan repayments. 吉姆很担心，因为他已经欠了几期款项未还。be two months etc behind with something You're two months behind with the rent. 你的房租已拖欠了两个月。get/fall behind with somethingstart to make payments late 拖欠某物 I'm getting behind with the mortgage and I don't know how I'm going to pay it. 我开始拖欠抵押贷款的还款了，不知道拿什么去付。 Even when people fall behind with their payments, they continue to take on financial commitments. 人们就算有贷款未还，他们还是会继续去借贷。be in arrears /biː ɪn əˈrɪəʳz/ [verb phrase]to have not made one or more regular payments at the time when you should 拖欠〔定期支付的款项〕 In some areas, two out of three tenants are in arrears. 在一些地区，2/3的租户拖欠租金。be in arrears with Many countries are in arrears with their contributions. 许多国家拖欠捐款。be two months etc in arrears Over 60,000 Londoners are more than three months in arrears with their mortgage repayments. 六万多个伦敦人拖欠抵押贷款还款三个月以上。get/fall into arrears The tax bills are sent out annually, so it's very easy for small employers to fall into arrears. 税单一年寄出一次，所以一些小雇主很容易拖欠税金。belated /bɪˈleɪtɪd, bɪˈleɪtəd/ [adjective only before noun]done or given later than it should have been, usually with the result that it does not have the effect that it should have 延误的；迟到的〔常指没有达到应有的效果〕 John made a belated attempt to apologize. 约翰尝试作出迟来的道歉。 I got a belated birthday card from my cousin yesterday. 昨天我收到了表哥迟到的生日贺卡。 her belated realisation that he was in love with someone else 她事后才明白他爱的是别人you're late /jɔːʳ ˈleɪt/spokenuse this when someone arrives somewhere late 【口】你迟到了 You're late! Hurry up and get your books out and get on with your work. 你迟到了！赶快拿出书来做功课。 You're late again, Chris! You'll be in trouble if you don't get your act together soon. 你又迟到了，克里斯！你要是还不快点加把劲，就会有麻烦。5 to have done less than you planned to do 所做之事落后于计划be behind /biː bɪˈhaɪnd/ [verb phrase]informalto have done less of your work than you planned to do or should have done 【非正式】〔工作进度〕落后 If you're so far behind that you can't finish it on time, give me a call and I'll come and help. 如果你落后很多来不及完成，就打电话给我，我来帮你。be behind with I've got to stay late tonight because I'm a bit behind with my work. 今天晚上我得熬夜了，因为我的工作进度落后了一些。get behind If you don't do your homework every week, you'll get behind in your studies. 如果你不是每个星期都做家庭作业，你的学习就会落在别人后面。way behindvery much behind 远远落后 We were way behind on the budget planning already when the new project came in. 这新的项目插进来的时候，我们的预算计划已经远远落后了。be behind schedule /biː bɪˌhaɪnd ˈʃedʒuːlǁ-ˈskedʒʊl/ [verb phrase]to be doing each part of a planned series of activities later than you planned to do it 落后于计划 Sorry, I can't talk now - I'm behind schedule as it is. 对不起，我现在不能谈话——我赶不上计划了。be six months etc behind schedule The tunnel project is now 18 months behind schedule and £300 million over budget. 隧道工程目前的进度比预期落后了18个月，花费超过预算3亿英镑。be running late /biː ˌrʌnɪŋ ˈleɪt/ [verb phrase]to have spent longer than planned doing the first part of something or the first of a series of activities 延误，落后〔因为计划或活动的起始部分有所延误〕 We're running late - we'll have to hurry if we want to catch the 5 o'clock train. 我们晚了，如果想赶上5点钟的火车就必须快一点。 The Queen's visit to the factory was running late, so she did not come to see the production department. 女王参观工厂的时间有所延误，所以她没来视察生产部。6 too late 太晚too late /tuː ˈleɪt/ [adjective/adverb phrase]so late that you cannot do or achieve what you had planned 太晚 I'm afraid you're too late - I've just sold the last ticket. 恐怕你来得太晚了—我刚刚卖出最后一张票。arrive/finish etc too late We rushed to the store as soon as we left work but arrived too late. 我们一下班就直奔商店，但还是太迟了。too late to do something They got to the airport too late to catch the plane. 他们到达机场太迟了，没法赶上飞机。it is too late (to do something) By the time the doctor arrived, it was too late; he was already dead. 医生到达的时候已太迟了；他已经死了。 It's never too late to learn a new language. 学习外语永不嫌迟。miss /mɪs/ [transitive verb]to arrive too late to see an event, film etc, or too late to get on a plane, train etc 错过，没赶上〔某活动、电影、飞机、火车等〕 You'd better hurry or you'll miss the start of the show. 你最好快点，否则会错过节目的开始部分。miss the flight/train/bus/ferry I missed the bus and had to wait half an hour for the next one. 我没赶上公共汽车，只得等了半小时坐下一班。it's a little latealsoa bit late in the dayBritish /ɪts ə ˌlɪtl ˈleɪt, ə bɪt ˌleɪt ɪn ðə ˈdeɪ/spokenyou sayit's a little late when someone decides to do something but harm has already been done or there is no time left to do it 【口】有点太晚，为时已晚it's a little late for Perhaps it's a bit late in the day for apologies. 现在道歉也许已有点晚了。it's a little late to do something It's a little late to start worrying about that now. 现在开始担心那事有点太晚了。leave it too late/a bit lateBritishalsolet it go too longAmerican /ˌliːv ɪt tuː ˈleɪt, ə ˌbɪt ˈleɪt, let ɪt ˌgəʊ tuː ˈlɒŋǁ-ˈlɔːŋ/ [verb phrase]to wait too long before doing something so that you are not likely to achieve what you hoped to achieve 为时太晚 At last the government has decided to lower interest rates, but I think they've let it go too long. 政府终于决定调低利率，但我认为已经为时太晚。leave it too late/a bit late to do something You might have left it a bit too late to apply for a place at university for this academic year. 你现在申请这个学年读大学可能太迟了。7 late at night 深夜late /leɪt/ [adverb/adjective]it's late Look, it's late and I'm tired - let's talk about this tomorrow. 看，现在很晚了，我也累了—我们明天再谈这事吧。it's getting late I must go home now, it's getting late. 我现在得回家了，天晚了。late at night I don't like coming home late at night to an empty house. 我不喜欢夜深的时候回到家里，面对一个空荡荡的屋子。stay up latenot go to bed until late 熬夜，不睡觉 They stayed up late to watch the end of the match. 他们熬夜不睡看比赛的结局。have a late nightwhen you go to bed very late 熬夜 You look as if you've been having too many late nights recently. 你看上去好像最近熬夜太多了。the middle of the night /ɪn ðə ˌmɪdl əv ðə ˈnaɪt/ [noun phrase]late at night when most people are asleep 在半夜里 In the middle of the night, I was woken by a loud noise downstairs. 半夜的时候，我被楼下一个很大的声音吵醒。 Helen opened the door. ‘Dave? What's wrong? It's the middle of the night!’ 海伦打开门。“戴夫？怎么啦？这是半夜呢！”late-night /ˈleɪt naɪt/ [adjective only before noun]happening or shown late at night 深夜的，半夜的 They kept us awake with their late-night parties. 他们的深夜聚会吵得我们没法睡。 late-night television 午夜的电视节目 They stopped off for a late-night drink. 他们半夜里中途停下来喝了一杯东西。last thing at night /ˌlɑːst θɪŋ ət ˈnaɪtǁˌlæst-/ [adverb]informaljust before you go to bed 【非正式】夜里临睡前 The soldiers are supposed to polish their shoes last thing at night. 士兵们临睡前必须擦鞋。the early hours /ði ˈɜːʳli ˌaʊəʳz/ [noun phrase]a time which is very late at night, between about 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock in the morning 凌晨〔指1点至4点〕 The club didn't close till the early hours. 这个俱乐部营业至凌晨才关门。the early hours of the morning They reached San Francisco in the early hours of the morning. 他们凌晨抵达圣弗朗西斯科。till all hours /tɪl ˌɔːl ˈaʊəʳz/ [adverb]informaluntil very late at night - use this when you are annoyed by someone doing something too late at night 【非正式】直至深夜〔用于表示对某人夜里太晚做某事不高兴〕 She and her friends used to stay out till all hours, going from club to club. 以前她和她的那些朋友深更半夜都还在外面，一家接着一家俱乐部地玩。 Better not wake her - she was up till all hours last night, working. 最好不要叫醒她—她昨晚工作到很晚。
