later
adv. 較晚地; 以後,過後; 後來; 隨後
adj. 後來的; 以後的; 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年後他辭了職。
I'll join you later...
我呆會兒和你會合。
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...
在後來的新聞釋出會上,他說不應誇大分歧。
The competition should have been rescheduled for a later date...
比賽本應另擇日期。
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...
晚年他甚少動筆。
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
這兩個副詞均有"後來,以後"之意。
The news of their marriage was not made public until three months later.
他們結婚的訊息三個月後才公開.
Let's check our luggage here and come back for it later.
行李先存在這裡,回頭再來取.
In the Old Testament, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later.
約拿《聖經·舊約》中的先知,被一條大魚吞噬,三天後被完好無損地吐出.
Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling.
皮埃爾告訴了他們一些事,他後來感到後悔.
At first he studied architecture, but later he switched to geology.
他原是學建築的, 中途改行搞地質了.
adv. 以後,下回,不久將來
inlongabydayscometheonlatertobeforeandtimeatfuturetoohereafter
adv. 隨後
successivelynextsubsequentlysequelsequentiallyin
adj. 隨後的,相繼的
sequentialnextcomingsuccessivesubsequentsucceedingsequentfollowing
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