关于later的用法及解释
late在初中英语中是比较重点的一个单词,也是常考知识点之一,它的用法很容易混淆。接下来小编在这里给大家带来later的用法,我们一起来看看吧!
later的用法
1. 用作形容词和副词 late 的比较级。如:
It’s rather later than I thought. 这比我想的还要晚。
He left home later than usual. 他比平常还晚离家。
2. 用于一段具体时间之后,表示从过去或将来算起的多长时间以后,但通常不指从现在算起的多久以后。如:
误:I’ll call again a week later.(可改为…in a week)
正:I called again a week later. 一周后我又打了电话。
正:I’ll call her on March 5 and will call again a week later. 我将在3月5日给她打个电话,过一周后我将再打个电话。
但是later单独使用(即不连用具体时间),可以表示从现在算起的“以后”(具有泛指意义)。如:
Let’s stop now and finish it later. 现在停下来,以后再完成它。
He may be busy, in which case I’ll call later. 他可能忙,如若如此,我以后再来拜访。
3. 用于 later on,表示“以后”“后来”,可用于过去或将来。如:
We’ll discuss the matter later on. 我们以后将讨论这件事。
Later on he realized his mistake. 后来他认识到了自己的错误。
4. sooner or later 为习语,意为“迟早”,注意其词序不能倒过来。如:
You’ll know the truth sooner or later. 你迟早会知道真相的。
Sooner or later you’ll have to make a decision. 你早晚得拿个主意。
later的相关解释
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的例句
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。
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。
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。
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。
5. A few hours later bomb disposal experts defused the devices.
几小时以后拆弹专家拆除了该装置的引信。
6. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
两年后,他一贫如洗,靠失业救济金生活。