later的讀音是：英['le?t?(r)]。later的詞語用法是adv.(副詞)later是副詞,意思是“較晚地”“後來”,常用於書面語中。later的意思是adv.後來；稍後；adj.後來的；以後的；接近末期的。
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adv.(副詞)後來，以後，隨後，其後較晚地，更晚地晚些時候adj.(形容詞)以後的，後來的較晚的，更晚的下壹半的末期的，接近末期的晚年的null.late的壹種比較級二、英英釋義
Adjective:coming at a subsequent time or stage;"without ulterior argument"
"the mood posterior to"
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: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"
at some eventual time in the future;"By and by he'll understand"
"I'll see you later"
comparative of the adverb `late';"he stayed later than you did"
三、詞典解釋
1.（late的比較級）
Later is the comparative oflate.
2.後來；以後；過後
You uselater to refer to a time or situation that is after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one.
e.g. He resigned ten yearslater...
10年後他辭了職。
e.g. I'll join youlater...
我呆會兒和妳會合。
3.後來的；以後的
You uselater 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.
e.g. At alater news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized...
在後來的新聞發布會上，他說不應誇大分歧。
e.g. The competition should have been rescheduled for alater date...
比賽本應另擇日期。
4.晚年的；後期的；末期的
You uselater to refer to the last part of someone's life or career or the last part of a period of history.
e.g. He found happiness inlater life...
他在晚年找到了幸福。
e.g. In hislater years he wrote very little...
晚年他甚少動筆。
5. see also: late
6. sooner orlater -> see sooner
You useafter,afterwards, andlater to talk about things that happen following the time when you are speaking, or following a particular event. You can uselater to refer to a time or situation that follows the time when you are speaking.I'll go and see her later. 'A little', 'much', and 'not much' can also be used withlater.A little later, the lights went out... I learned all this much later. Expressions such as 'not long' and 'shortly' can also be used withafter.After dinner she spoke to him... I returned to England after visiting India... Shortly after, she called me.Afterwards can be used when you do not need to mention the particular time or event.Afterwards we went to a night club. You can also use words such as 'soon' and 'shortly' withafterwards.Soon afterwards, he came to the clinic.You can useafter,afterwards, orlater following a phrase that mentions a period of time, in order to say when something happens. ...five years after his death... She wrote about it six years afterwards... Ten minutes later he left the house.
after，afterwards和later均用於指說話時間之後或某事之後發生的事情。later可用於指說話當時之後的時間或情況：I'll go and see her later（我晚些時候會去看她）。a little，much和not much也可與later連用，例如，A little later, the lights went out（片刻後，燈滅了），I learned all this much later（很久以後我才得知這壹切）。after可與not long和shortly等連用，例如，After dinner she spoke to him（晚飯後她跟他談了話），I returned to England after visiting India（印度之行結束後我返回英格蘭），Shortly after, she called me（過後不久，她便給我打了電話）。無須提及具體時間或事件時可用afterwards：Afterwards we went to a night club（後來我們去了壹家夜總會）。afterwards也可與soon，shortly等連用，例如，Soon afterwards, he came to the clinic（不久之後，他來到診所）。after，afterwards或later均可用於表示壹段時間的短語之後，以說明某事發生的時間。例如，five years after his death（他死後5年），She wrote about it six years afterwards（6年後她撰文提及此事），Ten minutes later he left the house（10分鐘後他離開了屋子）。四、例句
She had her baby weaned a year later.
她在壹年後才把孩子的奶斷掉。
I'll speak with her later.
我要稍後跟她談。
I can't pay now, please bill me later.
我現在不能付款，請以後開帳單給我。
Later information showed that the sub did sink.
後來的情報顯示潛艇確實被擊沈。
Arrays will be covered in detail in later chapters.
數組問題將在以後的章節裏詳細討論。
In her later years she gave herself over to writing full-time.
她晚年專事寫作。
五、常見句型
用作副詞(adv.)用作狀語We later learnt that this wasn't true at all.
我們後來了解到根本不是這麽回事。I'll call again later.
我以後再打電話來。He fell ill on Monday and died three days later.
他星期壹得病,星期三就死了。Tom and Mary got married in 1985.Two years later, they were divorced.
湯姆和瑪麗1985年結婚,兩年後他們離婚了。六、詞匯搭配
用作副詞 (adv.)名詞+～a week later壹周後two months later兩月後副詞+～no later than不遲於七、詞語用法
adv.(副詞)later是副詞,意思是“較晚地”“後來”,常用於書面語中。later常與壹個表示具體時間的名詞連用,指從過去或將來某壹時間算起的“…後”“…之後”“過了…”。如果單獨使用,即其前不加“若幹時間”,則可以用來表示“從現在算起以後”。later無比較級和最高級形式。later的相關近義詞
after、afterwards、next、subsequently、thereafter
later的相關反義詞
earlier
later的相關臨近詞
lateral、latent、latera、latern、lateris、Laterra、Lateran、laterad、Laterne、Laterza、laterite、Later.
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