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单词 lateness
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lateness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈleɪt.nəs/us
/ˈleɪt.nəs/
thefactofhappeningorarrivingafter theplanned,expected,usual, ornecessarytime:
（比预计、通常情况等）晚，迟到
He wasfiredfrom hisjobforpersistentlateness.他因持续迟到而被解雇。
Sorry for the lateness of myreply.很抱歉，我答复晚了。
thefactof being near the end of theday:
（天色、时间）晚，迟
It was nogreatsurprisethat you weretiredgiven the latenessof thehour.时间已经很晚了，你感到疲惫一点都不令人惊讶。
I'msorryfor the lateness of thecall, but I need tospeakto youurgently.很抱歉这么晚打电话过来，但我有一点紧急的事情要跟你说。
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  • Thecoachdoesn'tacceptexcusesfor lateness.
  • Repeated lateness willresultindisciplinaryaction.
  • Weapologisefor the lateness of thetrainapproachingPlatform One.
  • Despite the lateness of theevening, he waswearingsunglasses.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • door
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  • late
  • late adopter
  • late developer
  • late in the dayidiom
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(Definition oflatenessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflateness

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But the thickness and density of the ice, together with thelatenessof the season, made them turn back without having seen any continental land.
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Viewed from this perspective, thelatenessof this review is particularly unfortunate - as is the hostility of other published reviews.
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Thelatenessof emergence and the avoidance of use of such word combinations would indicate their high level of difficulty for the young child.
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They also had to pay penalty fines forlatenessand absences.
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The goal is to minimise the total scheduling cost, which consists oflatenessand inventory penalties.
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She apologises for thelatenessof the findings but, in many ways, this gives her a chance to reflect on the wider policy implications in a more accepting climate.
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Current metrical studies, however, offer only vague and general claims about the relative earliness andlatenessof most poems, in accordance with the imprecision of the evidence.
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Contracts throughout the 1760s reveal a correlation between a singer's renown and thelatenessof the date that he or she was allowed to arrive in the city.
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From the point of view of health, one disadvantage was the relativelatenessof the hour at which certain meals have to be taken.
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No attempt was made to notify the stations up the line regarding the failure, thelatenessof the trains, etc.
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I certainly feel, in view of thelatenessof the hour, that that offer would be most welcome.
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He made entirely unnecessary apologies for thelatenessof the hour.
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They began as submissions, but, because of thelatenessof the hour, they became something more than that.
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In view of thelatenessof the hour, my intervention will be very brief indeed.
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Her reason has succumbed to thelatenessof the hour.
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