• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 同义词
  • 同义词解析
  • 四级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
例句
同义词
同义词解析
  • 以下这两个副词均有"后来,以后" 的意思
    afterward(s)与later的不同之处有两点。 1.afterwards指一整段时间之后,一般不分具体时间连用,而later常指一个具体的时间点之后。 2.afterward(s)强调事物的先后顺序,而later侧重"迟、推迟"。
英语四级真题
    But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.
    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
    Half a century later GM is a typical example of poor management.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the utilities
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • (late的比较级)
    Later is the comparative of late.
  • ADV
    后来;以后;过后
    You use later to refer to a time or situation that is after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one.
    例句
    He resigned ten years later... 10年后他辞了职。 I'll join you later... 我呆会儿和你会合。
  • ADJ-COMPAR
    后来的;以后的
    You use later to refer to an event, period of time, or other thing which comes after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one.
    例句
    At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized... 在后来的新闻发布会上,他说不应夸大分歧。 The competition should have been rescheduled for a later date... 比赛本应另择日期。
  • ADJ-COMPAR
    晚年的;后期的;末期的
    You use later to refer to the last part of someone's life or career or the last part of a period of history.
    例句
    He found happiness in later life... 他在晚年找到了幸福。 In his later years he wrote very little... 晚年他甚少动笔。
英汉词典释义
  • adv.
    较晚地; 以后;后来;随后
    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。 I'll call again later. 我以后再打电话来。 He fell ill on Monday and died three days later. 他星期一得病, 三天后就死了。 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。
英英词典释义
  • Adjective
    1. coming at a subsequent time or stage;
    "the future president entered college at the age of 16""awaiting future actions on the bill""later developments""without ulterior argument"
    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"