“late”的副词形式还是late.late，音标：英[leɪt] 美[let]翻译：adj. 已故的; 晚的，迟到的; 时间不早的; 原来的，之前的; 临近终了的; adv. 晚，迟; 后期地; 最近地; 英英释义：in the recent pastto an advanced timeat an advanced age or stageof the immediate past or just previous to the present timeafter the expected or usual time; delayedat or toward an end or late period or stage of developmenthaving died recentlybeing or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected timelater than usual or than expected(used especially of persons) of the immediate pastof a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages例句：Itwaslateintheafternoon.那是下午近黄昏的时候。

Itwasverylateandthestreetsweredeserted.时间已很晚，街上空空荡荡。

Stevearrivedlate.史蒂夫迟到了。

Wewenttobedverylate.我们很晚才睡。

It'sbeenalongtimecomingbutbetterlatethannever.早就该如此了。

不过，也总比没有的强。