later1/ˋletɚ; ˈleItə/also 又作 ˌlater ˈonadv after the present time or a time you are talking about [ earlier ] 以后﹔后来: I’m going out – I’ll see you later. 我要出去—回头见。We can talk about that later on. 那事我们可以以后再谈。a year/three weeks etc later He became senator two years later. 两年后他成了参议员。later that day/morning etc The baby died later that night. 那天后半夜这个婴儿死了。
later2adj [only before noun 仅用于名词前] happening or coming in the future, or after something else [ earlier ] 以后的﹔后面的: The rules are dealt with in a later chapter. 规则在后面的一章里有论及。The party was postponed to a later date. 聚会推迟到稍后的某个日期举行。Later models of the car are much improved. 这车后来的几款型号有了很大改进。
later1adverbat a time in the future; after the time you are talking about: See you later. His father died later that year.oppositeearlierlater on (informal) at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about: I'm going out later on.later2adjective1coming after something else or at a time in the future: The match has been postponed to a later date.2near the end of a period of time: the later part of the twentieth centuryoppositeearlier