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belated + noun
用于修饰名词，表示某事物延迟发生。
I sent her a belated birthday card.
我给她寄了一张迟来的生日贺卡。
迟来的; 延误的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
迟来的; 延误的
coming or happening after the expected or usual time; delayed
I sent her a belated birthday card.
我给她寄了一张迟来的生日贺卡。
因时间的迟到而受到影响或被超越；因此,与“被夜晚赶上”同义。
Affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
比应发生的时间晚；延迟的。
Later in relation to the proper time which something should have happened; specifically, delayed beyond the proper time.
学习或采用趋势缓慢；因此,缺乏教育或见识；愚昧,无知,未开化。
Slow to learn or to adopt a trend; hence, lacking education or sophistication; benighted, unenlightened, unsophisticated.
She sent a belated birthday card, apologizing for forgetting the actual date.
她寄了一张迟到的生日贺卡，并为忘记具体日期而道歉。
His belated apology did little to mend the broken trust.
他迟来的道歉对修复破裂的信任几乎无济于事。
The company issued a belated response to the customer's complaint, nearly a month later.
公司延迟了近一个月才对客户的投诉做出回应。
用于修饰名词，表示某事物延迟发生。
I sent her a belated birthday card.
我给她寄了一张迟来的生日贺卡。
系表结构，强调状态。
His apology was rather belated.
他的道歉相当迟来。
Not this
I belated my birthday wishes.
Use this
I sent belated birthday wishes.
Belated是形容词，不能用作及物动词。应使用动词如sent或offered，并将belated作为定语修饰名词。
Not this
He replied belated to the email.
Use this
He replied belatedly to the email.
Belated是形容词，不能修饰动词；修饰动词需用其副词形式belatedly。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
迟来的生日祝福
I sent her belated birthday wishes after returning from my trip.
旅行回来后，我给她送上了迟来的生日祝福。
迟来的祝贺
Please accept my belated congratulations on your promotion.
请接受我对你升职迟来的祝贺。
迟来的感谢
I owe you a belated thanks for your help last month.
我应该为上月你的帮助向你表示迟来的感谢。
迟来的道歉
He finally offered a belated apology for his rudeness.
他终于为自己的无礼做出了迟来的道歉。
迟来的领悟
The belated realization hit him after the meeting.
会议结束后，他才迟迟意识到这一点。
迟来的回复
Sorry for the belated response to your email.
抱歉这么晚才回复你的邮件。
迟到的生日祝福
I know it's a belated happy birthday, but I hope you had a wonderful day.
我知道这是迟到的生日祝福，但希望你度过了美好的一天。
迟到的祝贺
Please accept my belated congratulations on your promotion.
请接受我对你升职迟到的祝贺。
迟来的道歉
I owe you a belated apology for not attending your wedding.
我欠你一个迟来的道歉，因为当时没有参加你的婚礼。
Use belated naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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belated 中间藏着 late（晚），be late 再加 d，就是“迟来的”；生日祝福说晚了就用它。
语域：neutral 常见场景：birthday greetings and wishes、formal written apologies、polite formal correspondence belated 属于中性偏正式的词，多用于书面语，比较常见于表达迟到的祝福或歉意，如“belated happy birthday”。口语中偶尔也会用到，但语气通常稍显正式。
这些词都以 -ated 结尾，重音在 /eɪ/ 音节上并连读 /tɪd/，因此与 belated /bɪˈleɪtɪd/ 押韵。注意拼写相似的 located /ˈloʊkeɪtɪd/ 和 bleated /ˈbliːtɪd/ 读音不同，不与 belated 押韵。
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