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latea.
1. recent近来的，最近的。
△Lr.1.2.115 (103): “Theselate eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good tous.”近来这些日蚀、月蚀对我们来说都不是好兆头。
△Mac.1. 6.18: “For those of old. / And the late dignitiesheaped up to them，” 为了过去和最近叠加于我家的封赐。
△3H.VI.4.4.2:“Why,brother Rivers,are you yetto learn What late misfortune is befallen KingEdward?”怎么，利佛斯兄长，你还不知道国王爱德华最近遭遇的不幸吗？
△H.VIII.1.3.6: “the late voyage”.i.e.therecent journey to the Field of the Cloth of Gold,inFrance. 最近这次的渡海法国之行。
△H.VIII.4.1.27:“Held a late court at Dunstable.”最近在登斯塔布尔地方开庭。
△H.VIII.4.1.30: “for not appearance (i.e.failure to appear) and The King's late scruple.”由于她的拒不出庭以及国王最近的疑虑不安。
2. recent 近来的，近代的。
△H.V.2.4.12: “ lateexamples / Left by the fatal and neglected EnglishUpon our fields.”近代以来，被我们藐视的英国人曾在我国战场上所留下的几次惨痛的战例。
3. just now happened刚刚发生的。
△2H.VI.1.3.100(97):“As for the Duke of york,this late complaintWill make but little for his benefit；”(late complaint:i.e.recent complaint of Peter the armourer's man a-gainst his master.) 至于约克公爵，刚才的那一桩控诉案子对他不会有什么好处。
4. recently sent最近派出的。
△H.V.2.4.31:“Questionyour Grace the late ambassadors.”请殿下问一问最近派去的使臣们。
5. recently appointed最近任命的。
△H.V.2.2.61:“Who are the late commissioners?”i.e. the officialsto govern England in the King's absence who havebeen recently appointed. 哪几位是最近任命的国内事务大臣呢？ (按：下文63行“Your Highness bade me ask for itto-day”中的it = the written commission，委任状。)
6. performed at a late hour,late at night在很晚的时刻执行的，在夜里很晚时候的。
△H.VIII.5.1.12:“give your friend / Some touch of your late business.”请让你的朋友（我）稍稍知道一下你这么晚出来办的事情。
7. former以前的，早先的。
△2H.IV. 4.1.215 (213):“theKing hath wasted all his rods / On late offenders，”国王已经把他的棍棒在以前犯上作乱的人们身上用尽了。
△1H.VI. 2. 4. 90:“Was not thy father,Richard,Earlof Cambridge,/ For treason executed in our lateking’s days?”(late king: Henry V.)难道你的父亲，剑桥伯爵理查，当我们先王在位时期，不是因为叛国罪而被处决的吗？
△H.VIII.3.2.95 (94):“The late Queen’s gentlewom-an? a knight’s daughter,/ To be her mistress’ mis-tress? the Queen’s queen?”以前王后的侍女？ 一位骑士的女儿，却要做她的女主人的女主人？ 王后的王后？
△H.VIII.4.1.33: “And the late marriage made of none effect；”i.e.made null.从前的婚姻也就被宣布无效。
of late: a short ago,just now不久以前，刚才。
△1H.VI.3. 2. 113: “They that of late were daring with theirscoffs / Are glad and fain by flight to save them-selves.”他们刚才还说大话嘲笑别人，现在却只顾急急逃命去了。
latead.
1. lately,recently不久前，最近。
△Tw.1.2.28(30):“And so is now,or was so very late；”现在他也还是，或者说他最近还是。
△Tw.3.1.43 (37):“I saw thee late atthe Count Orsino’s.”我最近在奥西诺家见过你。
△Tw.5.1. 224 (214): “the vows / We made each other but solate ago.”不久以前我们彼此发下的盟誓。
△Rom.3.1.131(125):“Now,Tybalt,take the ‘villain’ back againThat late thou gavest me，”悌暴，你方才叫我坏蛋，现在你再把那名词收回去！
△1H.VI.1.2.3:“Late did he shineupon the English side；”不久前他曾照耀着英国那一方面。
△3H.VI.2.5.92: “O boy,thy father gave thee lifetoo soon,And hath bereft thee of thy life too late!”啊，孩子，你的父亲过早给了你生命，夺去你的生命又太迟了！
△1H.VI.3.1.78: “The Bishop (i.e. Bishop’s) andthe Duke of Gloucester’s men,/ Forbidden late to carry any weapon,/ Have filled their pockets full ofpebble stones；”主教和葛罗斯特公爵的手下人，最近本来禁止他们携带任何武器的，却在他们的衣袋里装满了石子。
△R.III.3.1.98:“Ay,brother,to our grief,as it is yours;/Too late he died that might have kept that title,/ Which by his death hath lost much majesty.”唉，弟弟，这是我的、也是你的悲哀：那位应该保持这个称号的人竟在最近去世了，他的去世使这个称号失去不少威严。
2. until recently直到最近。
△ Oth.1.3.202: “Whenremedies are past,the griefs are ended /By seeing theworst,which (i.e. the griefs) late on hopes depen-ded.”i.e.When the hopes of cure has quite passed, the anxieties which were caused by hopeful expecta-tions are also gone. 当事情坏到了头、无可挽救，就无须苦苦希望、空怀悲愁。
Phrases:
too late: all too recently最近。
△Lr.1.4.229 (207):“By what yourself too late have spoke (= spoken)and done，”照你最近所说的话、所做的事看来。
very late: recently最近。
△Lr.2.2.123 (116):“Itpleased the King his master very late / To strike at meupon his misconstruction”，最近国王，他的主人，为了一点误会，承蒙他动手打了我。 late[leit]adj. 迟到的，晚的，新近的
◇ as late as…迟至…才，只是在…才
at(the) lates最晚
Better late than not.迟做总比不做好。/early and late从早到晚
early or late早晚，迟早，终究
in late autumn深秋
late in =in the late在…后期
later on以后，后来of late近来，最近
sooner or later迟早
the late news from the front从前线传来的最新消息
‖ late adolescence青春晚期
late autumn暮秋
late bloomer成熟晚的人
late breathing晚吸气法
late burst落后炸点
late charge到期货价迟延付款费
late developer成熟晚的人
late effect延迟效应
late fee滞纳金
late flight plan最新飞行计划
late government上届政府
late marriage晚婚
Late Moist logic后期墨家逻辑
Late Moist school后期墨家
late payment逾期付款late period晚期
Late Renaissance文艺复兴后期(1530～1600年)late reported sales迟报交易
late show午夜场
late start出发过迟
later generations后代
later marriage and later child-bearing晚婚晚育
later periods后代
latest interest payment date最迟付息日
latest market report最近市场报告
late-comer n.后进
latecomer n.迟到的观众
late-late[leitˈleit]n. 深夜的演出
lately[ˈleitli]adv. 近来，最后
latemodel adj. 新型的
lateness n. later[ˈleitə]adv.更晚，以后，过后 |