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英漢解釋
例句
He is often late for school. He is not a good student at all.
他上課經常遲到，他根本不是一個好學生
I'd be grateful if you could let me know in advance if you don't want a meal or if you're going to be late for any reason.
如果你不想吃飯或是由于某種原因可能回來晚一些，請提前告訴我，我會很感謝的。
The reason why she was late for the exam was that she got stuck in a traffic jam.
她考試遲到的原因是遇上了塞車。
Akie was rather cool to the idea when an acquaintance offered to introduce her to Abe and showed up late for the meeting, the story goes.
昭惠的一位熟人曾提出將她介紹給安倍晉三，但昭惠的反應很冷淡，并在約會時遲到了。
Cooking breakfast had reaved me much of time. After it was ready, it was time for me to go, otherwise I would be late for work!
做飯占去了我好多時間，粥好了，我也該去上班了，不然我會遲到的。
The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had been that there was no love in his heart.
王子趕緊向她道歉，但已經太遲了。因為他發現王子沒有一點兒愛心。
Steven: It sounds like a great story. And I'm late for a doctor's appointment. Anne and I have to see the doctor about the baby.
史蒂文：聽起來這是個很棒的新聞，我不能按時赴與醫生的預約了。我和安妮得去看醫生，檢查一下孩子的情況。
you know , at school teachers taught us not to be late for class again and again , but that just failed to cause our attention.
你知道，學校老師一次一次叫我們上課不要遲到，但還是引不起我們的注意。
I said I might be late for dinner but he made such a fuss that I thought I'd better arrive on time.
我說我可能晚餐要晚些到，但他那小題大做的樣子使我覺得最好還是準時到。
Oh! Just knew something like this would happen. Today of all days when I'm late for what could have turned out to be my first job.
噢！我就知道會發生這樣的事——在決定我能否得到第一份工作的關鍵日子里，我卻遲到了。
Trying to run with a suitcase because you're late for your flight is a nightmare that most of us have had to deal with.
試著騎著你的行李奔跑，由于你遲到了你的航班，這是大多數我們都不得不去面臨的惡夢。
I had been warned by his communications manager that he might be late for our meeting because he had to do a "thing" beforehand.
他的公關經理早已通知我，他趕赴這次會談可能會遲到，因為在此之前他必須做“一件事”。
He has no sense of time. He tends to be late for anything. Most probably, he will stand you up this time.
他沒有時間概念，任何約會都可能會遲到，很有可能又要放你鴿子了。
She was the only one of the girls who was late for the meeting.
她是開會遲到的唯一的女孩。
But I was late for work this afternoon because my son planned to go skating and I wordily told him about the safe items!
可是，今天下午我上班遲到了，因為兒子計劃去滑冰，我在嘮嘮叨叨地囑咐兒子有關安全事項呢！
On Friday two old-timers separately came up to me in the coffee shop to ask me: 'Is it too late for me to buy gold?
上周五在咖啡店里有兩位老人家分別走過來問我：“現在買黃金是不是太遲了？”
He would always call her from the office if he was (not were ) going to be late for dinner.
如果他（不是were）晚餐會遲到，就會從辦公室打電話給她。
"It's quite too late for that sort of thing now, " he said.
“現在做這些事情為時已晚，”他表示。
He would sometimes show up hours late for a state banquet honoring an African head of state, then sit in a far corner before bolting away.
在慶祝他當選非盟主席的國宴上，他遲到了數個小時，坐在遙遠的角落里，不久就默默退場。
Try to recollect the dream and then store it in your memory by giving it a name like "Late for an Exam" or "My Date with Ashley Judd. "
努力回想你的夢，并給這些夢起個名字，記入大腦。比如“考試遲到”，或“我與阿什利·賈德的約會”等。
Come on, or we shall be late for the fun, and I want to see it, miracle or not.
走吧，要不然咱們就看不上這場好戲了。我是真想看一不管它算不算奇跡。
Sorry I must dash away now, I'm already late for the meeting.
對不起，我得趕緊走了，開會已經遲到了。
She blew her chances by arriving late for the interview.
她面試時遲到，結果錯過了機會。
Late for work again, she gulped down a cup of milk, with no time for anything to eat.
上班又要遲到了，她把一杯牛奶一飲而盡，再沒有時間吃其他東西了。
He'll skin you alive for being late for five minutes.
如果你遲到5分鐘，他就會嚴厲申斥你。
As always, Polly was late for school.
波莉和往常一樣，上學又遲到了。
Buck up, Tom, or you'll be late for school!
湯姆，快一點，不然上學要遲到了。
As is often the case with him, he was late for class.
對他來說是常事，他上課遲到了。
She glanced at her watch and took a pull from her mug. She was going to be late for work.
她瞟了眼手表，喝了一大口咖啡。她上班要遲到了。
It seemed white people were trying to show me that they stopped killing me, but it was too late for me to survive in this society.
有跡象表明，白人在向我展示：他們已經停止對我的屠宰了。可是對我來說已經太晚了，我已經不可能在這個社會里存活了。
He said he waswell over 40 and that it was too late for him to learn English wellenough to pass the examination for a doctor's certificate.
兒子回答說當醫生不容易，要通過英語考試。他覺得自己已經40多歲，重新學一種語言太遲。
Repeat: it is not too late for summer romance. If your first fling went badly, you're probably about ready to jump in the pool again.
再次重申：暑期戀愛還為時不晚。如果你的第一次嘗試很糟糕，你也許要準備好再次受挫了。
Since the tablecloth would come too late for the party, I sponge-ironed the creases out of my old one until it almost fit.
因為桌布到遲了會趕不上聚會，所以我就把舊的洗凈、熨平，湊合著一用。
Even now it is not too late for a minister with a bit of bottle to abolish this sports subsidy racket.
即便現在，如果一個稍有勇氣的部長可以站出來結束這場體育補貼的鬧劇也不算晚。
I know it is quite late for writting email, but I wanted to tell you I had special thinking for you before sleeping.
我知道現在發電子郵件已經很晚了，但我想告訴你，
This could not be confirmed, but what was certain was that his efforts were too little, too late for some of his sons.
這則消息還沒有被證實，但是可以確定的是他的努力對他的幾個兒子來說已經太遲太微小了。
Normally, the station can be moved out of the way of a piece of junk, but this alert was raised too late for such a manoeuvre.
正常情況下，空間站可以繞過太空垃圾通過的路徑，但是這次預警發出的太晚了，不足以進行一次人工操作。
As is often the case, the boy was always late for the class.
情況就是這樣，這個男孩總是遲到。
Though to be fair, if you were late for a class, did your professor ever accept, "I had to stop and help a wounded traveler" as an excuse?
然而平心而論，如果你在課上遲到了，教授會相信“路上我不得不停下來幫助一個受傷的旅客”的借口么？
Assef shifted his gaze to me again. He looked like someone coming out of a good dream. "Too late for Hitler, " he said. "But not for us. "
阿塞夫又看著我，他看起來像是剛從美夢中醒來。“希特勒生不逢時，”他說，“但我們還來得及。”
He did not even thank the boy. Instead, he told him to run along, now, or he might be late for school.
他都不謝一聲這個男孩，反而叫他快跑，還說不然上學就要遲到了。
Julie: "Mom " Christian won't get out of bed , We're going to be late for the field trip.
茱麗：媽，克不肯起床，我們的鄉間旅行要遲到了。
He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
他受到警告，如果繼續上班遲到，就被辭退。
Luni is late for school this morning again , and she could have got up earlier . It must have been very late for her to go to bed.
倫尼今天早上上學又遲到了，她應該起床更早，一定是睡得太遲了。
Every time when I was with you, sleeping always came late, for the vision of you had never been too much for me.
每次和你在一起，我都是很不想要睡去，因為總是看不夠你。
"And I don't forgive you for being late for dinner, " broke in Lord Henry, putting his hand on the lad's shoulder and smiling as he spoke.
“我也不會原諒你吃飯來遲了，”亨利勛爵插嘴道，把手搭在小伙子肩上，笑嘻嘻地說。
Thankfully, it was not too late for her to realize that. She could still make it up for her mother.
她慶幸醒悟得還不算太晚，她還可以補償母親。
