A：Be punctual!
      要嚴(yán)格遵守時(shí)間。

B：Yes, sir.
      是，知道了。

A：You are late again.
      你又遲到了。

B：I was only five minutes late.
      我只遲到了5分鐘。

A：When can you effect shipment? I'm terribly worried about late shipment.
      你們什么時(shí)候能交貨？我非常擔(dān)心貨物遲交。

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B：We can effect shipment in December or early next year at the latest.
      我們最晚在今年十二月或明年初交貨。

A：That's fine.
      好。

A：Is Mary there?
      瑪麗在嗎？

B：Mary is out right now.
      瑪麗現(xiàn)在不在。

late

A：When will she be back?
      她何時(shí)會(huì)回來(lái)？

B：I've no idear.Why don't you call back later this afternoon?
      我不太清楚，您不妨今天下午再打來(lái)。

A：Will it be too late if I call around 10:00 this evening?
      如果我在晚上10點(diǎn)左右打來(lái)會(huì)不會(huì)太晚？

B：You'd better call a litter earlier.
      您最好早些打過(guò)來(lái)。

A：How about 8 o'clock?
      8點(diǎn)怎么樣？

B：That will be fine.
      可以。

1. （時(shí)間上）接近終了，臨近末了
    Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time.

    e.g. It was late in the afternoon...
           那是下午近黃昏的時(shí)候。
    e.g. She had to work late at night...
           她不得不深夜工作。

2. 近日暮的；近深夜的；時(shí)間不早的
    If it is late, it is near the end of the day or it is past the time that you feel something should have been done.

    e.g. It was very late and the streets were deserted...
           時(shí)間已很晚，街上空空蕩蕩。
    e.g. We've got to go now. It's getting late.
           我們得走了。時(shí)候不早了。

3. （比安排或預(yù)計(jì)時(shí)間）晚，遲
    Late means after the time that was arranged or expected.

    e.g. Steve arrived late...
           史蒂夫遲到了。
    e.g. The talks began some fifteen minutes late...
           會(huì)談晚了大概15分鐘才開(kāi)始。

4. （比通常時(shí)間）晚，遲
    Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.

late的意思

    e.g. We went to bed very late...
           我們很晚才睡。
    e.g. He married late.
           他結(jié)婚晚。

5. 已故的；已逝的；（尤指）新近去世的
    You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.

    e.g. ...my late husband.
           我已故的丈夫
    e.g. ...the late Mr Parkin.
           已故的帕金先生

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    Someone who is late of a particular place or institution lived or worked there until recently.

    e.g. ...Cousin Zachary, late of Bellevue Avenue.
           直到不久前還住在貝爾鄔大道的表兄扎卡里
    e.g. ...Strobe Talbott, late of Time magazine.
           剛離開(kāi)《時(shí)代》雜志不久的斯特羅布·塔爾博特

7. see also: later;latest

8. 遲到好過(guò)沒(méi)到；晚做好過(guò)不做
    If you say better late than never when someone has done something, you think they should have done it earlier.

    e.g. It's been a long time coming but better late than never.
           早就該如此了。不過(guò)，也總比沒(méi)有的強(qiáng)。

9. 為時(shí)已晚；坐失良機(jī)
      If you say that someone is doing something late in the day, you mean that their action or behaviour may not be fully effective because they have waited too long before doing it.

late

      e.g. I'd left it all too late in the day to get anywhere with these strategies.
             我按兵不動(dòng)時(shí)間太長(zhǎng)，致使這些策略都不管用了。

10. 新近；最近；近來(lái)
      You use of late to refer to an event or state of affairs that happened or began to exist a short time ago.

late的意思

      e.g. His life has changed of late...
             他的生活近來(lái)發(fā)生了變化。
      e.g. The dollar has been stronger of late.
             美元近來(lái)走勢(shì)強(qiáng)勁。

11. 為時(shí)已晚；過(guò)遲
      If an action or event is too late, it is useless or ineffective because it occurs after the best time for it.

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      e.g. It was too late to turn back...
             回頭已經(jīng)太晚了。
      e.g. We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.
             等我們發(fā)覺(jué)自己已成甕中之鱉時(shí)已經(jīng)太晚了。

12. a late night -> see night