Belated
[bɪ'leɪtɪd] or [bɪ'letɪd]
解释:
(adj.) after the expected or usual time; delayed; 'a belated birthday card'; 'I'm late for the plane'; 'the train is late'; 'tardy children are sent to the principal'; 'always tardy in making dental appointments' .
坎迪编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(imp. & p. p.) of Belate
(a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
哈蒂编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. Retarded, hindered, made late.
手打:托马斯
例句:
- On December 29th, 1916, the monk Rasputin was murdered at a dinner-party in Petrograd, and a belated attempt was made to put the Tsardom in order. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Holmes made no further allusion to the matter that day, though he sat lost in thought for a long time after our belated dinner. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- It might, therefore, be natural to ask how far Edison or his companies have benefited pecuniarily by reason of the many belated victories they have scored in the courts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Slow and belated judgments are sometimes the best judgments. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But at this point one or two belated passengers from the last station forced their way into the carriage, and Lily had to retreat to her seat. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It was a party of belated hunters returning from the north, and among them they half led, half carried a struggling animal. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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