① late
(1)作形容詞用,late表示“遲的,晚的”,可作定語(yǔ)或表語(yǔ),作表語(yǔ)時(shí),常用于be late for結(jié)構(gòu)。
He was late for class. 他上課遲到了。
He left in late autumn. 他在深秋時(shí)節(jié)離開了。
(2)作副詞用,late表示“晚,遲”,修飾動(dòng)詞。
He came late again. 他又來(lái)晚了。
② be late for表示“遲于規(guī)定的時(shí)間做某事,趕不上做某事”。
She is never late for school. 她上學(xué)從不遲到。
③ be late in+動(dòng)名詞表示“做某事遲到了,做遲了”。
Owing to a meeting,I was late in arriving. 由于開會(huì),我來(lái)晚了。
He was late in getting up this morning. 他今天早上起床晚了。
提示
如果“be late in+動(dòng)名詞”中的動(dòng)名詞是及物動(dòng)詞,后帶有賓語(yǔ),有時(shí)可用be late with代替,后直接跟賓語(yǔ)。
I was late in making supper.
④ later
(1)用作late的比較級(jí),表示“更遲,更晚,以后”。
He arrived later than you. 他到得比你晚。
See you later!再見!
I'll go to see you later. 我以后會(huì)去看你的。
(2)表示“過(guò)去若干時(shí)間之后,將來(lái)若干時(shí)間之后”,放在表示一段時(shí)間的名詞后面,如two months later,half an hour later。
They met each other three days later. 他們3天后相見了。
He will come here on Friday and will call on you two days later. 他星期五將來(lái)這里,兩天后去看你。
提示
later不能表示“從現(xiàn)在起若干時(shí)間之后”。
He will go there two weeks later.
He will go there in two weeks.
他2周后去那里。
⑤ later on表示“以后,過(guò)后”,為副詞短語(yǔ),指不確定的時(shí)間,通常用于將來(lái)時(shí)。
We'll talk about it later on. 我們以后談那件事。
I shall ring you up later on. 我以后會(huì)給你打電話的。