记忆方法
双解例句
小知识
Later is a way to talk about time: some time after now. You can go to a movie later tonight.
Later can also mean more recent, as in “Which is the later movie, Gone with the Wind or Citizen Kane?” It can mean toward the end: “He made that movie later in his career.” It can also mean after, as in “You were later than I thought you'd be!” It can also be used in comparison: “He was late; I was later.” All these uses are about time, and how time keeps moving on from now to later.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
来自later的比较级形式。
later常与一个表示具体时间的名词连用,指从过去或将来某一时间算起的“…后”“…之后”“过了…”。如果单独使用,即其前不加“若干时间”,则可以用来表示“从现在算起以后”。
sooner or later 迟早,早晚
for later 供以后用
later years 晚年
同义词辨析
这两个副词均有”后来,以后”之意。
- afterward(s)与later的不同之处有两点。 1.afterwards指一整段时间之后,一般不分具体时间连用,而later常指一个具体的时间点之后。 2.afterward(s)强调事物的先后顺序,而later侧重”迟、推迟”。
同义词
in / long / a / by / days / come / the / on / later / to / before / and / time / at / future / too / hereafter
successively / next / subsequently / sequel / sequentially / in
sequential / next / coming / successive / subsequent / succeeding / sequent / following