late的副词怎么用:英文小贴士 late的正确用法
late的副词怎么用:英文小贴士 late的正确用法3. 今天早上他来办公室来得很迟。正确:I will be 5 minutes late.正确:I went to bed late last night. / I was late going to bed last night.2. 我会晚5分钟。错误:I will be late for 5 minutes.
Late这个字经常出现,很奇怪,这么简单的字,居然也是英文出错率最高的字之一。
先来整理之前提过和late相关的几个错误,帮大家加深印象:
1. 我昨晚很晚才睡。
错误:I slept late last night. (slept late是睡到很晚起)
正确:I went to bed late last night. / I was late going to bed last night.
2. 我会晚5分钟。
错误:I will be late for 5 minutes.
正确:I will be 5 minutes late.
3. 今天早上他来办公室来得很迟。
错误:He late to come to the office this morning.
正确:He was coming in late to the office this morning
今天我们要看的是late更高阶一点的错误。
1. “I am late.”单独讲感觉有内情。
常看英美剧的人应该不会陌生,当女生和男生说:I am late. 其实就是指经期晚了,亦即「怀孕了」。
和朋友相约如果迟到时,我们会说Sorry I am late. I overslept. 意思是「对不起,迟到了,我睡过头了」,因为前面有加一个Sorry就不会造成误解。
2. Late和lately不是形容词和副词的关系
这两个字长得很像,很多人以为late是形容词,加上ly和late就是它的副词。其实不是。 Late本身可以当形容词或副词,像这句:
I arrived late to the office. 我晚到办公室。 late就是副词,修饰动词arrived。
Late是「晚」,而lately是「最近」。再比较这两句:
I had my first book published lately. 我的第一本书最近刚出版。
I had my first book published late. 我的第一本书很迟才出版。
3. 晚婚是get married later in life还是get married late in life?
说到晚婚,英文我们会用late这个字的比较级later。
Getting married later in life is a modern trend. 晚婚已经变成现代趋势。
很多人会问为什么要用later而不用late就好了,如果用late,会有一点主观色彩,可能觉得晚婚不好或不得已,而later则有这种「晚一点」是个人的选择。来看这两句:
You are late to get married. 你这是太晚才结婚。 (感觉好像晚婚不好)
I choose to get married later in life. 我选择晚一点再结婚。