时间段 + later
从过去某一时间点往后数一段时间时,把表示时长的短语放在 later 前面,常用于叙述过去发生的事。
Three days later, the letter finally arrived.
三天后,那封信终于到了。
之后;后来;较晚
以后;日后;将来;后来;以后(与 than 连用表示比较另一时间);在将来某个未指明的时间;以后;随后
Afterward in time; at a time following something else.
常与 than 连用,表示“比……晚”。
后来;以后(与 than 连用表示比较另一时间)
Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
在将来某个未指明的时间
At some unspecified time in the future.
I will finish my homework later.
我以后会完成我的作业。
用法提示:later 作为副词,表示将来某个时间。
We had dinner, and later we watched a movie.
我们吃了晚饭,后来看了一部电影。
用法提示:later 表示在某个事件之后的时间。
She arrived later than expected.
她比预期来得更晚。
用法提示:later 是 late 的比较级,表示时间上更晚。
从过去某一时间点往后数一段时间时,把表示时长的短语放在 later 前面,常用于叙述过去发生的事。
Three days later, the letter finally arrived.
三天后,那封信终于到了。
与 than 连用表示与另一个时间相比更晚,此时不能单独用 late 代替。
The meeting started later than usual.
会议比平时开始得晚。
later on 与 later 意思相近,多用于口语,可放在句首或句末。
Later on, she changed her mind.
后来,她改变了主意。
grammar · medium
易错句子Later the meeting, we went out for dinner.
正确表达After the meeting, we went out for dinner.
later 是副词,不能像介词那样直接带名词宾语;表示“在……之后”要用介词 after。中文“会议后”是名词短语,直译成英语就会把 later 误当介词。
grammar · medium
易错句子She arrived later me at the party.
正确表达She arrived later than me at the party.
later 表示比较时必须与 than 连用,构成 later than…,不能直接接比较对象。中文“比我晚到”的“比”后面直接跟人,英语要用 than 引出比较对象。
grammar · medium
易错句子Sorry, I'm later for class today.
正确表达Sorry, I'm late for class today.
表示“迟到、晚了”这一状态要用形容词 late 作表语(be late for…);later 是副词,意为“之后、更晚”,没有比较对象时不能用来表示迟到。
后来;之后
We'll discuss the details later on.
我们之后再讨论细节。
迟早
Sooner or later, she will learn the truth.
她迟早会知道真相。
回头见
I have to go now — see you later!
我现在得走了——回头见!
几年后
Years later, he returned to his hometown.
几年后,他回到了家乡。
片刻之后
A moment later, the lights went out.
片刻之后,灯灭了。
不迟于
词根;同根词:latest(最新的;最近的)、lately(最近)
later 是表示时间先后的副词,time 是这类表达的核心语义场。
current 指当下,与 later 所表示的“稍后/以后”形成时间参照。
later 常指未来某个不确定的时间,与 future 的时间方向一致。
在日程语境中常用 later 表示较晚的时间点。
postpone 表示把事情移到 later 的时间,语义上相关联。
迟早,总有一天
Sooner or later, you'll have to face the truth.
迟早你得面对真相。
后来,以后
We can discuss the details later on.
我们以后再讨论细节。
回头见,再见
I have to go now — see you later!
我现在得走了——回头见!
回头见,短吻鳄!
Popular farewell catchphrase from the 1956 song 'See You Later, Alligator' by Bill Haley & His Comets.
来自比尔·哈利与彗星合唱团1956年歌曲《See You Later, Alligator》的流行告别语。
回头见,太空牛仔。
Spike Spiegel's iconic goodbye in the anime 'Cowboy Bebop'.
动画《星际牛仔》中斯派克·斯皮格尔的标志性告别语。
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Please hand in the form no later than Friday.
请在周五之前交表格。