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单词 later
音标
英[ˈleɪtə(r)] 美[ˈletɚ]
解释
adv.较晚地;以后,过后;后来;随后;adj.后来的;以后的;接近末期的;晚年的;
例句

(late的比较级)
Later is the comparative of late.

ADV
后来;以后;过后
You use later to refer to a time or situation that is after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one.
例:He resigned ten years later...10年后他辞了职。
例:I'll join you later...我呆会儿和你会合。

ADJ-COMPAR
后来的;以后的
You use later to 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.
例: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。
例:The competition should have been rescheduled for a later date...比赛本应另择日期。

ADJ-COMPAR
晚年的;后期的;末期的
You use later to refer to the last part of someone's life or career or the last part of a period of history.
例:He found happiness in later life...他在晚年找到了幸福。
例:In his later years he wrote very little...晚年他甚少动笔。
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