lately/ˋletlI; ˈleItli/adv recently 最近: I’ve been feeling very tired lately. 最近我觉得很累。USAGE 用法You must always use lately with the present perfect tense. It shows that the situation you are talking about is still continuing. You can use recently like this too ☆ lately 一定要和现在完成式连用, 表示所说情况仍在继续。recently 也可以这样使用: I’ve been very busy lately. 我最近很忙。There hasn’t been much rain recently. 最近雨水不多。 You can also use recently with the simple past tense to talk about something that happened not long ago ☆ recently 也可以和简单过去式连用, 表示某事发生于不久前: They recently got married. 他们最近结婚了。