later

1. Later is the comparative of . (late)的比較級

2. ADV You use later to refer to a time or situation that is after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one. 以後

He resigned ten years later. 他10年後辤職了。

3. PHRASE You use later on to refer to a time or situation that is after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one. 以後

Later on I'll be speaking to Patty Davis. 以後我會和帕蒂·戴維斯談?wù)劇?/p>

4. ADJ You use later to refer to an event, period of time, or other thing which comes after the one that you have been talking about or after the present one. 後來的[ADJ n, 'the' ADJ, 'the' ADJ 'of' n]

At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized. 在後來的新聞發(fā)佈會上，他說差異不應(yīng)該被誇大。

The competition should have been re-scheduled for a later date. 本該把比賽重新安排在一個晚些的日期。

5. ADJ You use later to refer to the last part of someone's life or career or the last part of a period of history. 晚年的; 後期的[ADJ n]

He found happiness in later life. 他在晚年找到了幸福。

...the later part of the 20th century. …20世紀後期。

6. →see also late