later

英 ['leɪtə(r)] 美 ['leɪtər]

• adv. 后来；稍后
• adj. 后来的；以后的；接近末期的

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 较晚地,后来

   at a later time;afterwards

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 后来，以后，随后，其后
2. 较晚地，更晚地
3. 晚些时候

adj. 形容词

1. 以后的，后来的
2. 较晚的，更晚的
3. 下一半的
4. 末期的，接近末期的
5. 晚年的

null.

1. late的一种比较级

英英释义

Adjective:

1. coming at a subsequent time or stage;

   "without ulterior argument"
   "the mood posterior to"
   

2. 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"
   

Adverb:

1. 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"
   

2. at some eventual time in the future;

   "By and by he'll understand"
   "I'll see you later"
   

3. comparative of the adverb `late';

   "he stayed later than you did"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. She had her baby weaned a year later.
   她在一年后才把孩子的奶断掉。
2. I'll speak with her later.
   我要稍后跟她谈。
3. I can't pay now, please bill me later.
   我现在不能付款，请以后开帐单给我。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Later information showed that the sub did sink.
   后来的情报显示潜艇确实被击沉。
2. 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。
3. In her later years she gave herself over to writing full-time.
   她晚年专事写作。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. We later learnt that this wasn't true at all.
   我们后来了解到根本不是这么回事。
2. I'll call again later.
   我以后再打电话来。
3. He fell ill on Monday and died three days later.
   他星期一得病,星期三就死了。
4. Tom and Mary got married in 1985.Two years later, they were divorced.
   汤姆和玛丽1985年结婚,两年后他们离婚了。

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

for later

供以后用 for afterwards

later on

〈口〉以后 afterwards

sooner or later

迟早 in the end

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

名词+～

• a week later 一周后
• two months later 两月后

副词+～

• no later than 不迟于

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. later是副词,意思是“较晚地”“后来”,常用于书面语中。
2. 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”。
3. later无比较级和最高级形式。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

later, afterwards

• 这两个词在表示“一段时间后”(at a later time)时可通用,但在与一段具体的时间连用时只用later,不用afterwards。例如:不能说He fell ill on Monday and died three days afterwards.而应说He fell ill on Monday and died three days later.他星期一患病,三天后就死了。

afterward(s)，later

• 这两个副词均有“后来，以后”之意。
• afterward(s)指一整段时间之后，一般不分具体时间，强调事物的先后顺序。
• later常指一个具体的时间点之后，侧重“迟、推迟”。

later，latter

• 这两个字仅差一字之微，词义和使用场合却大相径庭，读音也不一样。
• later是形容词late的比较形式，表示时间的先后，意为“较后的”、“较新的”，它能作形容词，也能作副词。
• latter表示事物的先后，意为“后者“，只能作形容词，不能作副词。

常见错误

adv. (副词)

1. 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。

2. 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.

3. 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。

4. 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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• after
• afterwards
• next
• subsequently
• thereafter

【反义词】

• earlier