【later音标】 英[ˈleɪtə(r)] 美[ˈleɪtər]
【单词释义】 later是什么意思：
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
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
【later形近词/近似词】
crater n.火山口，喷火口；弹坑 v.在…上形成坑；毁坏；取消
cater v.提供饮食及服务，承办酒席
backwater n.回水，回流；滞水，死水 adj. 死水般的；落后的
water n.水； v.给…浇水，灌溉
【常用短语】
sooner or later 迟早，早晚
【单词例句】
◇ There was nothing really strange about seeing a rabbit.And Alice was not very surprised when the Rabbit said,'Oh dear!Oh dear!I shall be late!'(Perhaps it was a little strange, Alice thought later,but at the time she was not surprised.)
看到一只兔子真没有什么可奇怪的。兔子说话时爱丽丝居然也不觉得太奇怪。兔子说，“噢，天哪！噢，天哪！我要迟到了！”（后来爱丽丝想起这事觉得有点儿奇怪，但当时她并不觉得有什么奇怪。）
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ Many long, long years later, once again a prince came to the country.
许多许多年过去了，一天，又有一位王子踏上了这块土地。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ Merely 2 weeks later, the clones and their carrier died, which struck frustration into his heart. He retired before he attained his ambition and became a member of an opera chorus to relieve his depression.
仅仅过了2个星期，克隆体和母体都死亡了，这使他内心里充满了挫折，他也因此在达到自己目标前就退休了，并选择加入歌剧合唱团来减轻消沉的感觉。
◇ The man was elected vice chairman of the Socialist Party later. It occurred to my nephew that he could grasp this opportunity to ask for his help.
那个人后来被选为社会党的副主席，我侄子就想到应该抓住机会请求他的帮助。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ Later, I received a cassette from him, in which he recorded his apology. On hearing that Columbians were more likely to kiss others, I soon felt at ease.
后来，我收到他送来的一盒磁带，里面录了他的道歉。当听到这只是因为哥伦比亚人更倾向于见面时互相亲吻时，我很快就感到轻松安心了。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped. On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder. Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed.
他遇到了许多困难，但是从未停止，相反，困难推动他更努力地前进。三个月后，当他被一艘船偶然发现时，真的是衣衫褴褛。
---- Sailing Home
◇ Later, believing all mankind to be equal, he devoted himself to stopping the unfair anti-black laws.
后来，因为相信所有人类都是生来平等，他全身心投入到废除不平等的反黑人法律工作中。
---- The Great President
◇ English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more coffee, I said "Thank you" in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that "Thank you" in French means "Mo, thank you."
英国人在学习外语时也会遇到问题。有一次在巴黎，有人再给我一些咖啡，我用法语说“谢谢”。我的意思是我想要更多，然而，令我惊讶的是，咖啡壶被拿走了！后来我发现“谢谢”在法语中的意思是“不用了，谢谢你。”
---- The difference between vacaciones and holidays
◇ Being fit earlier in life is associated with a reduced risk, in some cases of up to 42%, of developing nine different types of cancer in later life, according to a large long-term study.
一项大型长期研究显示，年轻时身强体健可以降低年老时患上9种不同癌症的风险，某些情况下甚至能将风险降低42%之多。
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ In fact, blue didn't show up until thousands of years later in 200 A.D.
事实上，直到几千年后，在公元200年才出现了表示“蓝”的词汇。