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lately adv.最近 (1) 最近我睡眠不足。(2) 我最近一直感觉不太好。(3) 我最近没听到我儿子的任何音讯。(4) 弗兰克最近经常与露西往来。(5) 近来在附近一带那种鸟越来越多了。 If your friend says, "I've been really stressed out lately," she means she's been overworked and tense for the past few days, weeks, or possibly months. Lately is an adverb that covers the immediate past, a period of time that wasn't too long ago. A more old-fashioned way to say lately is "of late." Though this word has had its current meaning since the fifteenth century, it originally meant "slow or sluggish."

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英 ['leɪtli] 美 ['leɪtli] (1) I haven't had enough sleep lately.(2) I've not been feeling very well lately.(3) I haven't heard any news from my son lately.(4) Frank has taken up with Lucy lately.(5) That kind of bird has become more numerous around here lately. Something that happened lately occurred very recently. If you've spotted a fox every day for the last week, you might say, "I've seen so many foxes lately!" 1[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。2[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

英语单词	lately
英美音标	英 ['leɪtli] 美 ['leɪtli]
中文释义	adv.最近
英语例句	(1) I haven't had enough sleep lately. (2) I've not been feeling very well lately. (3) I haven't heard any news from my son lately. (4) Frank has taken up with Lucy lately. (5) That kind of bird has become more numerous around here lately.
中文例句	(1) 最近我睡眠不足。 (2) 我最近一直感觉不太好。 (3) 我最近没听到我儿子的任何音讯。 (4) 弗兰克最近经常与露西往来。 (5) 近来在附近一带那种鸟越来越多了。
vocabulary简明	Something that happened lately occurred very recently. If you've spotted a fox every day for the last week, you might say, "I've seen so many foxes lately!"
vocabulary扩展	If your friend says, "I've been really stressed out lately," she means she's been overworked and tense for the past few days, weeks, or possibly months. Lately is an adverb that covers the immediate past, a period of time that wasn't too long ago. A more old-fashioned way to say lately is "of late." Though this word has had its current meaning since the fifteenth century, it originally meant "slow or sluggish."
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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

I Recently Past Time Ago Adv 副词 [Adv