later
adv. 较晚地; 以后,过后; 后来; 随后
adj. 后来的; 以后的; 接近末期的; 晚年的
Later is the comparative of late.
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.
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。
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.
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。
You use later to refer to the last part of someone's life or career or the last part of a period of history.
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。
1. coming at a subsequent time or stage;
2. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development;
1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;
2. at some eventual time in the future;
3. comparative of the adverb `late';
afterward(s), later
这两个副词均有"后来,以后"之意。
The news of their marriage was not made public until three months later.
他们结婚的消息三个月后才公开.
Let's check our luggage here and come back for it later.
行李先存在这里,回头再来取.
In the Old Testament, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later.
约拿《圣经·旧约》中的先知,被一条大鱼吞噬,三天后被完好无损地吐出.
Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling.
皮埃尔告诉了他们一些事,他后来感到后悔.
At first he studied architecture, but later he switched to geology.
他原是学建筑的, 中途改行搞地质了.
adv. 以后,下回,不久将来
inlongabydayscometheonlatertobeforeandtimeatfuturetoohereafter
adv. 随后
successivelynextsubsequentlysequelsequentiallyin
adj. 随后的,相继的
sequentialnextcomingsuccessivesubsequentsucceedingsequentfollowing
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