late
🇺🇸
/leɪt/
🇬🇧
/leɪt/
after the expected time
The bus was late today.
今天公車晚點了。
near the end of a time period
He started his career in his late twenties.
他在二十多歲後期開始了他的職業生涯。
near the end of the day
It's getting late, we should go home.
天晚了,我們應該回家了。
no longer alive
We remember our late grandmother with love.
我們懷著愛意懷念我們已故的祖母。