lately
['leitli]
adv.最近
例句与用法:
That kind of bird has become more numerous around here lately.
近来在附近一带那种鸟越来越多了。
I haven't had enough sleep lately.
最近我睡眠不足。
I haven't heard any news from my son lately.
我最近没听到我儿子的任何音讯。
Professor Green, lately of Princeton, is now head of the department at California.
格林教授不久前在普林斯顿任教,现在是加州大学的系主任。
I've not been feeling very well lately.
我最近一直感觉不太好。
ad.
近来, 最近; 不久前
What have you been doing lately?
你近来做些什么?
lately
lately['leitli]adv.1.■最近,近来,不久前
latelylately[ˈleitli]adv.1.■[美][多用于否定和疑问句]近来, 最近I haven't seen him lately.我最近未见过他。Have you been there lately ?近来你到过那里吗?
adverb
- recently; not long ago
近来,最近
she hasn't been looking too well lately.
她近来看上去不太好。
- Old English lætlīce 'slowly, tardily' (see late, -ly)
lately
■Mary raised hob with her husband for being back late.
丈夫回来晚了,玛丽就对他大发脾气。
■I saw your brother as late as last week.
上个礼拜我还看到你哥哥。
■It suits Henry's book to work late and travel home after the rush hour.
下班晚些过了高峰时间再回家正合亨利之意。
■Needless to say, he came late as usual.
不用说他照例来得很晚。
■Don't be cross with the child for being late.
不要对迟到的孩子发脾气。
■No, I must not be late for class.
不,我决不能上课迟到。
■In order not to be late, she cut across the field.
为了不迟到,她抄近路穿过田野。
■I am going to stay up late to finish my paper.
为了完成报告我打算熬夜不睡。
■In order to earn enough money, he worked late into the night.
为了赚到足够的钱,他工作到深夜。
■John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school.
为使上学不迟到,约翰费了九牛二虎之力。
■Chaucer wrote in the late mediaeval period.
乔叟写作的时代是中世纪末。
■It happened late last century in 1895, to be exact.
事情发生在上个世纪末--准确地说,在1895年。
■I got up late this morning and missed the bus.
今天早晨我起床晚了,错过了公共汽车。
■I shall get back very late, so don't sit up for me.
今晚我要回来得很迟,所以你不必等我回来再睡觉了。
■He is studying English early and late.
他一天到晚都在学英语。
■He'll get hell from his teacher for coming late to school again.
他上学又迟到了,肯定要挨老师批评。
■He was late for school, as was often the case with him.
他上学迟到已是家常便饭了。
■It is out of the question for him to stay in office so late.
他不可能这么晚还呆在办公室。
■He excused himself for being late.
他为自己迟到辩解。
■He is used to sitting up late.
他习惯熬夜。
■He found the charity in memory of his late wife.
他兴办那项慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。
■He arrived too late and missed the train.
他到得太晚,没赶上火车。
■He'll get hell from his mother for getting so late again.
他又起得那么迟,肯定要挨他妈妈一顿臭骂。
■He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.
他因循坐误,一事无成。
■Extra work kept him (late) at the office.
他因有额外的工作,(很晚)仍留在办公室里。
■He got scolded for being late.
他因迟到而被骂。
■It's odds-on that he'll be late.
他多半得迟到。
■It's very rare for him to be so late.
他很少迟到。
■He supposed it was too late to catch the9:30 train.
他想赶9点30分的车已来不及了。
■He finally pay up six month late.
他最终付清了欠款但晚了6个月。
■He's not looking like his old self lately.
他最近看起来不像以前那样。
■He always trot out the same old excuse for being late.
他每次迟到总是重复那一套藉口。
■His summer vacation will end in the late August.
他的暑假将于八月底结束。
■He was up too late and decided to sleep in the next morning.
他睡得太迟了,因此决定第二天早晨多睡一会儿。
■He keeps late hours and gets very little sleep.
他睡得很晚,而且只睡一点儿时间。
■He got the chop for always being late.
他老是迟到,所以被解雇了。
■Lately he has been moaning about his insomnia and headache.
他近来一直诉说自己患了失眠和头痛症。
■He has often been late for school of late.
他近来经常迟到。
■I was cross with him for being late.
他迟到了,我很生气。
■He was late, so he slipped into the meeting room.
他迟到了,所以悄悄进入会场。
■He's late he's probably stuck in a traffic jam.
他迟到了--很可能是由於交通阻塞耽误了。
■He's always making excuses for being late.
他迟到总是有藉口。
■He was late owing to/due to the very heavy traffic.
他迟到是因为交通拥挤。
■His excuse for being late was that he had missed the train.
他迟到的理由是没有赶上火车。
■He came home as late as two in the morning.
他迟至清晨两点才回家。
■Mr. Smith, late of the UN Secretariat.
以前在联合国秘书处服务过的史密斯先生。
■You mustn't be late; he was most insistent about that.
你万不可迟到,他对这一点最严格。
■You'd better look sharp or you'll be late.
你得赶快,不然就晚了。
■You'll have to scoot or you'll be late.
你快跑吧,不然就要迟到了。
■You left out the possibility that the train might be late.
你忽略了火车或许迟到的可能性。