Belated
[bɪ'leɪtɪd] or [bɪ'letɪd]
解釋/意思:
(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' .
坎迪編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Belate
(a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
哈蒂編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Retarded, hindered, made late.
手打:托马斯
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Holmes made no further allusion to the matter that day, though he sat lost in thought for a long time after our belated dinner. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Slow and belated judgments are sometimes the best judgments. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- It was a party of belated hunters returning from the north, and among them they half led, half carried a struggling animal. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
手打:托马斯