late可用作形容词和副词.
1、形容词时,“迟的,晚的”
Yon are late again,don’t be late next time.你又迟到了,下次别这样.
The train was ten minutes late because of thebad weather.因为天气不好,火车晚点了10钟.
The accident happened in the late afternoon.这事故发生在傍晚(下午五、六点钟).
late作形容词时还有“前⋯⋯、已故的⋯⋯、最近的、最新的”之意.如:
The film is about the late Premier Zhou Enlai.这部影片是写已故总理周恩来的.
Some late news of the war has just come in.一些最近的战争消息刚到.
这时,late的意思和latest的意思相同.
2.用作副词,意为“晚、到很晚”.例如:
The workers in the south often go to work early and leave off late.南下打工仔经常是早上工,晚下班.
work late / far / deep into the night 工作至深夜