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的详尽释义是adj.(形容词)已故的；去世不久的前任的，不久前才卸任的晚期的；接近末期的迟的，迟到的晚的最近的，新的近深夜的，近日暮的刚到的晚年的后期的迟发生的，迟做的。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、常用短语
六、词汇搭配
七、词语用法
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