later

英 [ˈleɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈleɪtər]

adv.  后来; 以后; 其后; 随后; (年轻人告别时用的)再见
adj.  后来的; 以后的; 接近末期的; 晚年的
late的比较级

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.279 / COCA.295

同义词辨析

laterafterwards【导航词义：后来】

习惯用语

adv.

later on
• 后来；以后；其后；随后
  at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about
• I'm going out later on.
  我过一会儿要外出。
• Much later on, she realized what he had meant.
  过了好长时间，她才明白他的意思。
not/no later than…
• 不晚于…；不迟于…
  by a particular time and not after it
• Please arrive no later than 8 o'clock.
  请8点之前到达。

adj.

sooner or later
• 迟早；早晚有一天
  at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when
• Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
  你早晚得拿个主意。

牛津词典

adv.

• 后来；以后；其后；随后
  at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about
  1. See you later.
     回头见。
  2. I met her again three years later.
     三年后我又遇见她了。
  3. His father died later that year.
     那年晚些时候他的父亲去世了。
  4. We're going to Rome later in the year.
     我们年内晚些时候要到罗马去。
  5. She later became a doctor.
     她后来当了医生。
• （年轻人告别时用的）再见
  a way of saying goodbye, used by young people
  1. Later, guys!
     伙计们，再见！

adj.

• 后来的；以后的
  coming after sth else or at a time in the future
  1. This is discussed in more detail in a later chapter.
     在后面的一章中对这一点作了更详细的讨论。
  2. The match has been postponed to a later date.
     比赛已被推迟到以后的某个日期举行。
• 接近末期的；晚年的
  near the end of a period of time, life, etc.
  1. the later part of the seventeenth century
     17世纪末叶
  2. She found happiness in her later years.
     她在晚年才寻得幸福。

柯林斯词典

• （late的比较级）
  Lateris the comparative oflate.
• ADV 后来；以后；过后
  You uselaterto refer to a time or situation that is after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one.
  1. He resigned ten years later...
     10年后他辞了职。
  2. I'll join you later...
     我呆会儿和你会合。
  3. Burke later admitted he had lied.
     伯克后来承认自己撒了谎。
• ADJ-COMPAR 后来的；以后的
  You uselaterto refer to an event, period of time, or other thing which comes after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one.
  1. At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized...
     在后来的新闻发布会上，他说不应夸大分歧。
  2. The competition should have been rescheduled for a later date...
     比赛本应另择日期。
  3. A later report said the oil fire on the sea was out.
     随后的报道称，海上的石油大火已经熄灭。
• ADJ-COMPAR 晚年的；后期的；末期的
  You uselaterto refer to the last part of someone's life or career or the last part of a period of history.
  1. He found happiness in later life...
     他在晚年找到了幸福。
  2. In his later years he wrote very little...
     晚年他甚少动笔。
  3. Her later career was best known for her partnership with Rudolf Nureyev.
     在她职业生涯后期，最为人熟知的是和鲁道夫·努列耶夫的搭档组合。
  4. ...the later part of the 20th century.
     20世纪后半叶
• See also:late
• sooner or later→ see:sooner

You useafter,afterwards, andlaterto talk about things that happen following the time when you are speaking, or following a particular event. You can uselaterto refer to a time or situation that follows the time when you are speaking.I'll go and see her later.'A little', 'much', and 'not much' can also be used withlater.A little later, the lights went out... I learned all this much later.Expressions such as 'not long' and 'shortly' can also be used withafter.After dinner she spoke to him... I returned to England after visiting India... Shortly after, she called me.Afterwardscan be used when you do not need to mention the particular time or event.Afterwards we went to a night club. You can also use words such as 'soon' and 'shortly' withafterwards.Soon afterwards, he came to the clinic.You can useafter,afterwards, orlaterfollowing a phrase that mentions a period of time, in order to say when something happens....five years after his death... She wrote about it six years afterwards... Ten minutes later he left the house.
after，afterwards和later均用于指说话时间之后或某事之后发生的事情。later可用于指说话当时之后的时间或情况：I'll go and see her later（我晚些时候会去看她）。a little，much和not much也可与later连用，例如，A little later, the lights went out（片刻后，灯灭了），I learned all this much later（很久以后我才得知这一切）。after可与not long和shortly等连用，例如，After dinner she spoke to him（晚饭后她跟他谈了话），I returned to England after visiting India（印度之行结束后我返回英格兰），Shortly after, she called me（过后不久，她便给我打了电话）。无须提及具体时间或事件时可用afterwards：Afterwards we went to a night club（后来我们去了一家夜总会）。afterwards也可与soon，shortly等连用，例如，Soon afterwards, he came to the clinic（不久之后，他来到诊所）。after，afterwards或later均可用于表示一段时间的短语之后，以说明某事发生的时间。例如，five years after his death（他死后5年），She wrote about it six years afterwards（6年后她撰文提及此事），Ten minutes later he left the house（10分钟后他离开了屋子）。

英英释义

adv

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
  1. he apologized subsequently
  2. he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
  3. it didn't happen until afterward
  4. two hours after that
  Synonym:subsequentlyafterwardsafterwardafterlater on
• at some eventual time in the future
  1. By and by he'll understand
  2. I'll see you later
  Synonym:by and by
• comparative of the adverb `late'
  1. he stayed later than you did

双语例句

• I might well regret it later
  我很可能以后会对此后悔的。
• In his later years he wrote very little
  晚年他甚少动笔。
• In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
  他晚年变得愈加健忘了。
• He found happiness in later life
  他在晚年找到了幸福。
• At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized
  在后来的新闻发布会上，他说不应夸大分歧。
• A later report said the oil fire on the sea was out.
  随后的报道称，海上的石油大火已经熄灭。
• She was taken into custody later that day.
  她那天后来被拘留了。
• I will tell you, sooner or later, all the complicated process.
  我迟早要把这一复杂的过程全部告诉你。
• A couple of weeks later my mother went into hospital
  几周后我母亲住进了医院。
• Shush! Here he comes. I'll talk to you later.
  嘘！他来了。我一会儿再跟你说。