later
英 ['leɪtə]
美['letɚ]
- adv. 后来；稍后；随后
- adj. 更迟的；更后的
- n. (Later)人名；(德)拉特
同义词辨析
afterward(s), later
这两个副词均有"后来，以后"之意。
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"。
双语例句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. I hate to rush you but I have another appointment later on.
- 我真不想催你，但我稍后还有一个约会。
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- 3. I imagine they'll be tearing the building down sooner or later.
- 我猜他们早晚会拆除这座楼的。
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- 4. Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released.
- 士兵们抓走4个人，其中1个随后被放了回来。
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- 5. A few hours later bomb disposal experts defused the devices.
- 几小时以后拆弹专家拆除了该爆炸装置的引信。
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