adv.后来；稍后adj.后来的；以后的；接近末期的
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later
adv.(副词)后来，以后，随后，其后
较晚地，更晚地
晚些时候
adj.(形容词)以后的，后来的
较晚的，更晚的
下一半的
末期的，接近末期的
晚年的
null.late的一种比较级
adv.(副词)较晚地,后来 at a later time;afterwards
Adjectivecoming at a subsequent time or stage;
"without ulterior argument"
"the mood posterior to"
at or toward an end or late period or stage of development;
"the late phase of feudalism"
"a later symptom of the disease"
"later medical science could have saved the child"
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;
"he apologized subsequently"
"he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"
"it didn't happen until afterward"
"two hours after that"
at some eventual time in the future;
"By and by he'll understand"
"I'll see you later"
comparative of the adverb `late';
"he stayed later than you did"
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adv.(副词)later是副词,意思是“较晚地”“后来”,常用于书面语中。later常与一个表示具体时间的名词连用,指从过去或将来某一时间算起的“…后”“…之后”“过了…”。如果单独使用,即其前不加“若干时间”,则可以用来表示“从现在算起以后”。later无比较级和最高级形式。 用作副词(adv.)She had her baby weaned a year later.
她在一年后才把孩子的奶断掉。
I'll speak with her later.
我要稍后跟她谈。
I can't pay now, please bill me later.
我现在不能付款，请以后开帐单给我。
Later information showed that the sub did sink.
后来的情报显示潜艇确实被击沉。
Arrays will be covered in detail in later chapters.
数组问题将在以后的章节里详细讨论。
In her later years she gave herself over to writing full-time.
她晚年专事写作。
片刻〔相当一段时间〕以后
误 a just〔soon,shortly〕 later
正 a little〔much〕 later
析 later不可用just, soon, shortly, immediately等词修饰,但可用little或much等来修饰。
我将在一周之后再给你打电话。误 I'll call again a week later.
正 I'll call again in a week.
一年之后,他作为一个英雄回来了。误 He came back as a hero in a year.
正 He came back as a hero a year later.
析 later不可用于说明“从说话时算起若干时间之后”,应该用in a year, in a week等,只有在指“从过去或将来某一时刻算起若干时间以后”时才可用later。
她一定是个55岁以上的女人。误 She must be a woman in her later fifties.
正 She must be a woman in her late fifties.
析 表示“55岁以上接近60岁”用in one's late fifties,而不用later。
名词+～a week later
一周后
two months later
两月后
no later than
不迟于
later近义词
after afterwards next subsequently thereafter earlier later