This flashcard teaches the meaning and usage of the word "lately", which is an adverb meaning "recently" or "in the recent past". It provides example sentences to illustrate its usage in different contexts.
This flashcard teaches the meaning and usage of the word "lately", which is an adverb meaning "recently" or "in the recent past". It provides example sentences to illustrate its usage in different contexts.
[ADV 副词]近来;最近;不久前 You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago.
[ADV with v]
Dad's health hasn't been too good lately...
爸爸的健康状况近来不太好。
Lord Tomas had lately been appointed Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies...
托马斯勋爵最近被任命为政策研究中心主席。
'Have you talked to her lately?'
“你最近有没有跟她谈过?”
Optimism about the US economy has been a rare commodity lately.
近来很少有人对美国经济持乐观态度。
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[ADV 副词]新近卸任;最近离任 You can use lately to refer to the job a person has been doing until recently.
[ADV n/-ed]
[FORMAL 正式]
...Timothy Jean Geoffrey Pratt, lately deputy treasury solicitor...
新卸任的政府法务部副部长蒂莫西·琼·杰弗里·普拉特
Oxford
late·ly/ˈleɪtli; NAmEˈleɪtli/adverbrecently; in the recent past 最近;新近;近来;不久前◆Have you seen her lately?你最近见过她吗?◆It's only lately that she's been well enough to go out.她只是最近才康复,可出去走一走了。◆( BrE) I haven't been sleeping well just lately.我就是在最近才一直睡不好觉。◆She had lately returned from India.不久前她从印度回来了。late·ly/ˈleɪtli; NAmEˈleɪtli/
LDC
latelylate‧ly /ˈleɪtli/ ●●●S2 adverb
Examples
Thesaurus
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recently: What have you been doing lately? Lately, I’ve had trouble sleeping.► see thesaurus at
recently
GRAMMAR: Choosing the right tenseLately is usually used with perfect tenses (for example ‘I have been’), not with the simple past (for example ‘I was’). You say: · I’ve been very busy lately.✗Don’t say: I was very busy lately.
WDF
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最近(100%)
adv.近来,不久前
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