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later [ 'leitə] ad.后来;过一会儿

no later than 不迟于…

sooner or later 迟早,早晚,或迟或早

sooner or later 迟早,总有一天,早晚

sooner or later
迟早,总有一天,早晚

later ['leitə] a. 晚些的,迟些的

纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.

take care of sb later 迟些对付你

We'll see later. 以后再说.

纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.

sooner or later 迟早,早晚

Children are undergoing fast physical development; lack of physical exercise may produce disastrous influence on their later life.
孩子们正处于身体快速发育时期,缺乏体育锻炼可能会对他们未来的生活造成严重的影响。

Catch me later.
过会儿再来找我。

We'll discuss it later!
回头再说吧!

He will sleep on the matter and tell us the decision later.
他对此事要考虑一下,再把他的决定告诉我们。

Don't interrupt the speaker now; he will answer questions later.
现在不要打断演讲人的话,过一会儿他 将回答问题。

Perhaps this book will prove useful later.
也许这本书今后会有用。

The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
最初的谈判是随后达成协议的基础。

Initially, she objected to the plan, but later she changed her mind.
起先,她反对这一计划,但后来改变了主意。

The revolution started peacefully but later turned violent.
这场革命开始时很平静,但后来变得十分猛烈。

Save your strength for hard work you'll have to do later.
养精蓄锐以应付今后你得去做的繁重工作。

Can you save your story for later?
你能不能把你的故事留在以后告诉我?

Save your strength for the hard work you'll have to do later.
养精蓄锐以应付今后你得去从事的繁重工作。

Can you save it for later?
你能不能把这留到以后(等我空闲的时候)告诉我?

I have drawn up the main outlines, and we will have to work out all the details later.
我已经把大纲草拟好了, 随后我们得把所有细节列出来。

When Carter died in 1904 after an accident, Leno pined and died in London six months later.
卡特在一次车祸后于1904年去世,丽诺日渐憔悴,6个月后在伦敦逝世。

The symptoms don’t appear until a few days later after you are infected.
症状要在你感染几天以后才出现。

“I’ve got something to tell you!” “Won’t it keep until later?”
“我有点事要告诉你!” “过些时候再说, 好吗?”

Three years later, he is still paying off his debts.
三年后,他还在偿还债务。

See you later.
待会儿见。

So do I. See you later. Keep in touch.
我也是,再见。记得联系哦。

Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives. We are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem.
今天或者不到五十年后,计算机将越来越多的减轻人们的工作事务和日常琐事。我们也将面对一个没有什么戏剧性和更不可预测的问题。

These differences include the bolder and more forthright speech of the later generation and its technical inventiveness.
这些不同包括了下一代人大胆直率的言辞和他们的技术发明性。

Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations.
后来,人们试着把建筑物从其基地上撑起来,在建筑物和地基间灌入橡胶和钢铁以减少地表震动的影响。

He chose not to go home until later.
他决定晚一点才回家。

They salted down most of the meat for their later use.
他们将大部分肉用盐腌起来,以备日后用。

我走了,妈妈。
I'm leaving. Bye mom!
I'm leaving. Bye mom! (我走了。妈妈再见!)
Study hard. (好好学习啊!)
I'll see you when I get back.
I'm taking off now.
See you.
See you later.

您能过会儿再打吗?
Would you mind calling back later?
Could you call back later?

她正在接电话。
Her line is busy now. *busy表示“正在打电话”,而不是“忙”。
Sorry, her line is busy now. (对不起,她正在打电话。)
Alright. I'll try again later. (好的。那我过一会儿再打。)
She's on another line now.
Ms. Kane is talking to someone else now. (凯恩先生正在打电话。)
I'm afraid she's on the other line now.

您等会儿行吗?
Would you like to hold? *hold“拿”、“握住”,即“不挂电话等着”。
Would you like to hold? (您等会儿行吗?)
No, I'll call back later. Thanks. (不用了,过会儿我再打吧。谢谢。)
Would you like to stay on the line?
Can you hold the line, please?
Would you like to hold on?
Wanna hold? (能等会儿吗?) *只用于朋友或熟人,工作中不能使用。Wanna...是Do you want to的省略形式。表示“你想……吗?”

您能过会儿再打来吗?
Could you call back later?
Would you call again later?
Would you mind calling back later?

过会儿我再打。
I'll try again later.
I'll call back later.
I'll call again in an hour. (一个小时后我再打来。)

再见!
Bye. *比Goodbye的说法随便。
Bye for now.
Have a nice day. (祝你今天愉快!)
See you later. (以后见!)

回头见!
See you.
See you later.
See you soon.
See you again.
Catch you later.
See you around. *用于在同一座楼里,过会儿还有可能再见面时。

给我打电话。
Call me later.
Call me later. (给我打电话。)
Okay, I will. (嗯,好吧。)

多保重!
Take care. *“多加小心”的语气。
See you later. (再见。)
Take care. (多保重!)

我还会来的。
I'll be back.
I'll be back. (我还会来的。)
You'd better. (一定来啊!)
I'll come back later. (不久我就会回来的。)
I'll stop by later. (我会顺便来的。)

*当拒绝A的提问时,可以用No, thank you. (谢谢,我不喝。)/Maybe later. (过一会儿再说)。

我想现在就谈谈那件事。
I want to talk about it now.
Let's talk about it later. (那事我们以后再谈吧。)
I want to talk about it now. (我想现在谈。)

那事儿以后再说吧。
Let's talk about it later.
We're playing golf this Sunday, right? (我们这个星期天要去打高尔夫球,对吧?)
Let's talk about it later. (那事儿以后再说吧。)

现在不行。
Not now.
Could you help me? (你能帮我一下吗?)
Not now. (现在不行。)
Later. (过会儿吧。)

I'll call you up later.
我稍后会打电话给你。

This offer is firm subject to your acceptance reaching us not later than December 15.
此报盘为实盘,但以我方在12月15日前收到你方答复为准。

Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.
只要努力工作而有志向,机会迟早终会来临。

Sooner or later, the truth comes to light.
早晚真相会大白。

Sooner or later.
迟早会的。

A I’ll see you later tonight. I’m going to my music class first.
A 今晚晚些时候见。我先去上音乐课。
B Your music class What musical instrument do you play?
B 音乐课?你玩什么乐器?
A I play the piano. I practise every week. It’s my hobby.
A 我弹钢琴。我每周都练习。这是我的业余爱好。
B I didn’t know you play the piano. I’d love to hear you play.
B 我不知道你弹钢琴。我想听你弹弹。
A You can come and listen, if you’d like. What’s your hobby?
A 如果你愿意的话可以来听。你的爱好是什么?
B Well, I like music too – but not playing musical instrument. I like going to clubs and hearing the best DJs.
B 哦,我也喜欢音乐——但是不是乐器。我喜欢去俱乐部听最好的DJ。

A I think I’ll go back to my hotel.
A 我想我要回旅馆了。
B Where is your hotel? Is it far?
B 你的旅馆在哪里?远吗?
A No, it’s not far. It’s about 500 metres that way, just behind the shopping centre.
A 不,不远。在那边大约500米处,就在购物中心的后面。
B Along there, on the right? Do you want to take a taxi?
B 沿着那,在右侧?你想打辆出租车吗?
A No, I can walk. It’s only a short distance – and it’s a nice day anyway.
A 不,我可以走着。只是很短的距离——而且今天天气又这么好。
B OK. I guess it is a nice day for walking. See you later.
B 好的。我想这种好天气走走路不错。再见。

A How is Neil? Is he feeling any better?
A 尼尔怎么样了?他感觉好些了吗?
B He saw a doctor yesterday but he's no better.
B 他昨天看医生了,但是还是没有好转。
A I can take you to a traditional Chinese doctor.
A 我可以带你们去看中医。
B I'll tell Neil. It's very kind of you to offer.
B 我会告诉尼尔的。你主动帮忙太好了。
A Chinese traditional medicine can be very helpful, you know.
A 你知道,中药很管用的。
B You’re right. I think that would help. I'll talk to him and call you later. Thanks again.
B 你说得对。我想会有用的。我会跟他谈,然后给你打电话。再次谢谢你。

A Do you have a preference for your return flight?
A 对于返程您更喜欢哪个时间?
B Well, if I book for Sunday, can I change my reservation later?
B 哦,如果我预订了周日的航班,我后面能更改吗?
A Yes, sir. You can change your flight reservation at any time.
A 可以,先生。你可以在任何时候更改你预订的机票。
B And is there a penalty? Do I have to pay extra?
B 更改的话有罚金吗?我是不是得额外付费?
A Let me check. No, sir. Not on this flight.
A 让我看看。不,先生,这个航班不需要。
B Right, then. Make it Sunday.
B 那么,好的。就定周日的航班了。

A Can I help you, sir?
A 您需要什么,先生?
B Yes, I'm looking for some telephone numbers. Do you have a telephone directory in English?
B 是的,我在找一些电话号码。你有英文版的电话号码簿吗?
A Yes, sir. Here's the business directory.
A 有,先生。这是一本商业电话簿。
B Thank you very much. I may need your help later.
B 非常感谢。我以后可能还会需要你的帮助。
A Certainly, sir. Anything to help.
A 不客气,先生。我愿意效劳。
B I appreciate it.
B 谢谢。

A Hello.
A 你好!
B Oh, hello. Can I speak to Gao Yu, please?
B 哦,你好!我能和高雨通话吗?
A I'm sorry. Gao Yu is not here at the moment. Who's calling?
A 对不起,高雨现在不在。你是哪位?
B This is Carole Jordan. I'm a friend from England.
B 我是卡罗尔·乔丹。我是他的一位英国朋友。
A Can I take a message? Or get Gao Yu to call you back?
A 您能留口信吗?或者让高雨给您打回去?
B No, it’s OK. I’ll call again later.
B 不,不用。我呆会再打。

A Oriental Palace Hotel. Can I help you?
A 东方王宫饭店。您需要什么?
B Can you put me through to Room 8216, please?
B 请替我接通8216房间好吗?
A Certainly, madam. Please hold.
A 当然,女士。请稍等。
B Thank you.
B 谢谢你。
A I'm sorry, madam. There's no reply. Can I take a message?
A 对不起,女士。没有人应答。您能留口信吗?
B No, thank you. I'll call later.
B 不,谢谢你。我呆会再打。

A I think I’ll go back to my hotel for a rest.
A 我想我要回旅馆休息一下。
B Where is your hotel? Is it far?
B 你住的旅馆在哪里?距离这里远吗?
A No, it’s not far. It’s about one kilometre that way, just before Tiananmen Square.
A 不,不远。在那边大约1公里处,就在天安门广场的前面。
B That’s not too far. ?Do you want to take a taxi?
B 那不太远。你想打辆出租车吗?
A No I’d prefer to walk. It’s not far – and it’s a nice day anyway.
A 不,我想步行。路不远——今天天气又很好。
B OK. I guess it is a nice day for walking. Have a good rest and see you later.
B 好吧。我想这样的天气适合走一走。好好休息一下,呆会见。

A Let’s meet later, after work. What time’s best for you?
A 咱们晚些时候见,下班后见面。对你来说最佳的时间是什么时候?
B About 6 should be fine. Where’s the best place for you to meet?
B 6点左右应该可以。在哪里见面对你最合适?
A Somewhere in Wangfujing Street would be good.
A 在王府井的某个地方就可以。
B How about meeting in front of the Xinhua Bookstore? Is that ok for you?
B 在新华书店前面见面怎么样?对你合适吗?
A That’s perfect. See you there at 6.
A 完全可以。6点见。
B I’ll wait for you just outside the shop. See you later.
B 我就在书店外面等你。再见。

A Call me this evening when you arrive at the hotel.
A 今晚你到旅馆后给我打电话。
B Will you be there?
B 你会在旅馆吗?
A Yes, I’ll just wait for you in my room.
A 是的,我会在我的房间里等你。
B OK. I’ll call up from the lobby when I arrive. What’s your room number?
B 好的。我到旅馆大堂后给你打电话。你的房间号是多少?
A My room number is 1336. One-double three-six.
A 我的房间号是1336. 1-3-3-6。
B One-double three-six. OK, see you later this evening. I’ll try and make it for 7 0’clock.
B 1-3-3-6。好的,今晚见。我将争取7点到。

See you tomorrow /明天见。
See you later / 回见。
See you tonight / 今晚见。
See you next week / 下周见。
See you on Monday / 周一见。

Shall we meet later?
我们能晚点见面吗?
Yes. When’s the best time for you?
好的。什么时间对你最合适?
How about 2 this afternoon?
今天下午2点怎么样?
Two o’clock is fine for me. Where will we meet?
我2点行。我们在哪里见面?
The coffee shop in the hotel. Let’s meet there at 2.
在饭店的咖啡厅。2点在那里见面。
Perfect. I’ll see you there.
妥。我在那里等你。

Hi. Good morning!
喂。早上好!
Good morning. How are you?
早上好。你好吗?
Fine. When do you want to visit the Great wall?
我很好。你想什么时候去游览长城?
Later this week. Perhaps on Friday. Is that ok for you?
这周的晚些时候。也许在周五。时间对你合适吗?
Yes. Friday is good. Let’s go on Friday.
行,周五可以。咱们就周五去。
Great. I’m looking forward to it.
好极了!我期待着那一天。

A Where is your hotel? Is it far?
A 你下榻的宾馆在哪里?离这里很远吗?
B No, it’s not far. It’s only about 10 minutes’ walk.
B 不是很远。步行只有10分钟。
A Do you want to take a taxi?
A 你想乘坐出租车回去吗?
B No, I can walk. It’s only a short distance – and it’s a nice day.
B 没事的,我可以走路回去。不是很远,很且天气很好。
A OK. I guess it is a nice day for walking. See you later.
A 好的. 我想今天确实是风和日丽。回头再见。

A See you later this evening. By the way, how do I get to the restaurant?
A 晚上再见了。顺便问一句,我怎么才能到达那家餐厅呢?
B Take a taxi. It’s the easiest way.
B 乘出租车去。这样是最便捷的。
A I guess so. How about the subway?
A 我猜也是。地铁如何?
B Yes. You could take the subway. The restaurant is very near Chaoyang subway.
B 是呀。你也可以坐地铁去。那家餐厅离朝阳地铁站很近。

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
John Wanamaker,American merchant
腾不出时间娱乐的人,早晚会被迫腾出时间生病。
美国商人霍梅克.J.

For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later.
John Milton, Britsh poet
好事不出门,坏事传千里。
英国诗人弥尔顿J

I think I'd better let you go. I'll talk to you later.

I have to get back to work. I'll call you later tonight.

Shall we continue this later? I've got a call waiting.

I've got to meet a client right now. Can we talk later?

I'll get even with you sooner or later.
跟你的这笔帐我迟早会要回来的。

A:Tony? Oh,it's been a while since we've talked to each other. So nice to hear you again.
Tony?好久没通电话了。听到你的声音太好了。
B:Same here. Hey, did you know Terry is going to be married? She invited me to her wedding and she wants you to attend also.
我也是,
你知道Terry要结婚了吗?她请我参加她的婚礼。她也想让你去。
A:Really?
真的吗?
B:Definitely. I'm calling to tell you this.
是的。我打电话就是告诉你这个的。
A:Why didn't she call me?
她怎么不打给我。
B:She tried. But the line is always busy.
她打过,可线路老是忙
A:Well, I may have stayed on the phone too long. Can you give me her number? I'll call her later.
我也许打电话时间太长了。你能给我她的号码吗?我呆会给她打过去。
B:Of course. It's 555-4653.
当然,555-4653.

Cath me later.
过会儿再来找我。

take care of sb later 迟些对付你

We'll see later. 以后再说.

I'm really busy. can i call you back later?
我现在真的很忙,我晚点给你打过去,行吗?

I am a little a bit busy right now,can we talk later?
我现在比较忙,可不可以待会儿再谈?

Now's a bad time. can we do it later?
现在不太方便,能不能等一会儿?

Catch you later,buddy!
再见,老兄!

See ya' later!/See ya'!/Later!
再见! 再见的几种用法(在美国很流行哦) Adios! 西班牙语 Ciao! 意大利语 Au revoir! 法语

We assure you that shipment will be made no later than the first half of April.
请您放心,我们交货期不会迟于4月份上半月。

Bills of lading must be dated not before the date of this credit and not later than Aug. 15, 1977
提单日期不得早于本证的日期,也不得迟于1977年8月15日

Draft(s) must be presented to the negotiating(or drawee)bank not later than…
汇票不得迟于……交议付行(受票行)

Draft(s) must be negotiated not later than…
汇票要不迟于……议付

Bills of exchange must be negotiated within 15 days from the date of bills of lading but not later than August 8, 1977
汇票须在提单日起15天内议付,但不得迟于1977年8月8日

A: Hello Neil. What are you doing today?
A: 尼尔,你好!你今天要做什么?
B: Hi Yang. I’m visiting the Forbidden City.
B: 嗨,杨!我今天要参观故宫。
A: It’s very beautiful . . . and very big!
A: 故宫非常漂亮…而且非常大!
B: How long will it take me?
B: 参观故宫要多长时间?
A: It’s just a couple of hours to walk through it. There’s so much to see.
A: 从头到尾走一趟也要两三个小时。有太多的东西值得看。
B: Ok. See you later, Yang.
B: 好。再见, 杨!

An informal way of sdaying goodbye, especially if you expect to see the person again quite soon, is: See you later. / See you later.
道再见的非正式用法是See you later. / 再见。尤其在你希望很快再见到某人时使用这种用法。

How long will it take me? 需要多长时间?
It’s a couple of hours to walk through. 从头至尾走一趟要两三个小时。
There’s so much to see. 有太多值得看的东西。
See you later. 再见。

A: Hi, Neil. Where are you going?
A: 嗨,尼尔!你去哪里?
B: To the Forbidden City.
B: 我去故宫。
A: Oh, you’ll do a lot of walking!
A: 哦,你要走很远的路。
B: Well, I guess it’s good exercise!
B: 哦, 我想这是很好的锻炼。
A: Yes. I think you will really enjoy it.
A: 是的,我想你会非常愉快的。
B: Thanks. See you later.
B: 谢谢!再见!
A: Bye.
A: 再见!

If you will probably see someone again soon, eg later today, you can say: See you later / See you later.
如果你可能将很快再见到某人,比如今天的晚些时候,你可以说:See you later / 回见。

See you later. 回见。

A: Hello, Mr Clark. Are you busy today?
A: 克拉克先生,你好!你今天忙吗?
B: Hello, Lin. Yes, I’ve got a meeting this morning at eleven o’clock.
B: 林, 你好!是的,我上午11点将参加一个会议。
A: Ok then. Perhaps I’ll see you later. Bye.
A: 那么好。可能待会我会再见到你的。再见!
B: Goodbye Lin.
B: 再见, 林!

Perhaps I’ll see you later. 也许待会我会再见到你。

Another way of saying goodbye – if you know you are going to see the person again very soon – is: See you tomorrow / See you tomorrow. (See you later / See you later. See you tonight / See you tonight. See you next week / See you next week. See you on Monday / See you on Monday.)
另一种道再见的方式——如果你知道你将很快再次见到某人的话——是:See you tomorrow /明天见。(See you later / 回见。 See you tonight / 今晚见。 See you next week / 下周见。 See you on Monday / 周一见。)

To suggest something, you can begin by saying: How about . . . ? / How about . . .? e.g.: How about dinner tonight? / How about dinner tonight? How about meeting later? / How about meeting later? How about a coffee? / How about a coffee?
要提出建议,你可以这样开始:How about . . . ? /…怎么样?例如:How about dinner tonight? /今晚一起去吃晚餐怎么样?How about meeting later? /晚一点见面怎么样?How about a coffee? /喝杯咖啡怎么样?

A: Shall we meet later?
A: 我们能晚点见面吗?
B: Yes. When’s the best time for you?
B: 好的。什么时间对你最合适?
A: How about 2 this afternoon?
A: 今天下午2点怎么样?
B: Two o’clock is fine for me. Where will we meet?
B: 我2点行。我们在哪里见面?
A: The coffee shop in the hotel. Let’s meet there at 2.
A: 在饭店的咖啡厅。2点在那里见面。
B: Perfect. I’ll see you there.
B: 好。我在那里等你。

To arrange to telephone someone, you can say: I’ll call you tomorrow / I’ll call you tomorrow; I’ll call you later / I’ll call you later; I’ll call you this evening / I’ll call you this evening.
要安排给某人打电话,你可以说:I’ll call you tomorrow / 我明天给你打电话; I’ll call you later / 我过一会给你打电话r; I’ll call you this evening / 我今晚给你打电话。

You can also say, as an informal goodbye, if you are going to call someone or talk to them later: Speak to you tomorrow / Speak to you tomorrow; Speak to you later / Speak to you later.
如果你将给某人打电话或者晚些时候跟他谈话,作为非正式道再见的方式,你也可以说,Speak to you tomorrow / 明天通话; Speak to you later /过一会跟你谈。

A: Hi, Neil. Good morning!
A: 嗨,尼尔。早上好!
B: Good morning, Ping. How are you?
B: 早上好,平。你好吗?
A: Fine. When do you want to visit the Great wall?
A: 我很好。你想什么时候去游览长城?
B: Later this week. Maybe on Friday. Is that ok for you?
B: 这周的晚些时候。也许在周五。时间对你合适吗?
A: Yes. That sounds good. Let’s go on Friday.
A: 行,周五可以。咱们就周五去。
B: Great. I’m looking forward to it.
B: 好极了!我期待着那一天。
A: I can pick you up at the hotel at 9 in the morning.
A: 我上午9点可以到饭店去接你。

To talk about a time in the future which is not exact, you can use later / later: Later this week / Later this week; I’ll see you later / I’ll see you later.
要谈论将来不确定的某个时间,你可以用later / 晚些时候: Later this week /这周的晚些时候; I’ll see you later / 待会见。

迟早 [chí zǎo] /sooner or later/

更迟 [gèng chí] /later/

后 [hòu] /back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later/

后代 [hòu dài] /posterity/later periods/later ages/later generations/

后话 [hòu huà] /something to be taken up later in speech or writing/

后来 [hòu lái] /afterwards/later/

后期 [hòu qī] /late stage/later period/

后人 [hòu rén] /later generation/

后头 [hòu tou ] /(n) the area in back of sth/(n) later in time/

晚年 [wǎn nián] /(n) person's later years in life/

以后 [yǐ hòu] /after/later/afterwards/following/later on/in the future/

一小时以后 [yì xiǎo shí yǐ hòu] /a short time later/

再说 [zài shuō] /let's talk about it later/what's more/besides/

早晚 [zǎo wǎn] /morning and evening/sooner or later/

之后 [zhī hòu] /after(wards)/following/later/after/
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet.
比尔·多诺汶肯定会喜欢网络。
The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information.
这位美国间谍大王对情报着迷,他曾经在第二次世界大战时建立了战略事务办公室,后来又为中央情报局的成立打下了基础。

Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.
奇怪的是,大约两年半的时间我写完两部小说后,我这个被美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”的试验,却使我老掉牙的借口变成了现实。
I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of "have it all", preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of she magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.
我已从一个“获得一切”哲学(琳达·凯茜过去七年中在《她》这本杂志所宣扬的)的狂热支持者,变成了一个乐于接受任何东西只要一丁点的女人。

On the other hand "Shareholding" meant leisure and freedom which was used by many of the later Victorians for the highest purpose of a great civilization.
另一方面“持股”就意味着悠闲和自由,维多利亚后期许多人视之为伟大文明的最高目标。

{adj: deferred, postponed} put off to later
"requested a deferred payment"
"our postponed trip"

{adj: delayed} caused to be slower or later
"the delayed plane finally arrived"
<-> expedited

{adj: enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling} not clear to the understanding
"I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"
"prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"

{adj: fast} (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
"my watch is fast"
<-> slow

{adj: future, later, ulterior} coming at a subsequent time or stage
"the future president entered college at the age of 16"
"awaiting future actions on the bill"
"later developments"
"without ulterior argument"

{adj: germinal, originative, seminal} containing seeds of later development
"seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

{adj: late, later} at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
"the late phase of feudalism"
"a later symptom of the disease"
"later medical science could have saved the child"
<-> early

{adj: late} of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
"Late Greek"
<-> early, middle

{adj: middle} between an earlier and a later period of time
"in the middle years"
"in his middle thirties"
<-> late, early

{adj: middle} of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
"Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"
"Middle Gaelic"
<-> late, early

{adj: prerecorded} recorded at one time for transmission later

{adj: proterozoic} formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era
"proterozoic life forms"

{adj: seeded} (of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds
<-> unseeded

{adj: styled} designated by a name or title
"Edward VIII--later styled Duke of Windsor"

{adv: back, in reply} in answer
"he wrote back three days later"
"had little to say in reply to the questions"

{adv: below} at a later place
"see below"
<-> above

{adv: by and by, later} at some eventual time in the future
"By and by he'll understand"
"I'll see you later"

{adv: contemporaneously} during the same period of time
"contemporaneously, or possibly a little later, there developed a great Sumerian civilisation"

{adv: eventually, yet, sooner or later, in time, one of these days} within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
"he will understand eventually"
"he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"
"sooner or later you will have to face the facts"
"in time they came to accept the harsh reality"

{adv: impetuously, impulsively} in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions
"he often acts impulsively and later regrets it"

{adv: late, belatedly, tardily} later than usual or than expected
"the train arrived late"
"we awoke late"
"the children came late to school"
"notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"
"I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"
<-> early

{adv: later} comparative of the adverb `late'
"he stayed later than you did"

{adv: sometime} at some indefinite or unstated time
"let's get together sometime"
"everything has to end sometime"
"It was to be printed sometime later"

{adv: subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on} happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
"he apologized subsequently"
"he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"
"it didn't happen until afterward"
"two hours after that"

{adv: up, upwards, upward} to a later time
"they moved the meeting date up"
"from childhood upward"

{n: Areopagus} a hill to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court

{n: Areopagus} the highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)

{n: Artemision at Ephesus} the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later; the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262

{n: Asura} earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura

{n: Axis} in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
"the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"

{n: Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin} Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876)

{n: Bathsheba} (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of King David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)

{n: Bligh, William Bligh, Captain Bligh} British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)

{n: Boletus pallidus} a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color; the under surface of the cap (the tubes) a pale greenish yellow

{n: Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer} German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)

{n: Bose, Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose} Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons

{n: Brahma} the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon

{n: Brahmi} a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed

{n: Brigit} Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget

{n: Burt, Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt} English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)

{n: Church Father, Father of the Church, Father} (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

{n: Cleopatra} beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

{n: Clinton, Hilary Clinton, Hilary Rodham Clinton} wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)

{n: Defender of the Faith} a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since

{n: Diaghilev, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev} Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)

{n: Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch} United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)

{n: Einstein, Albert Einstein} physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)

{n: Eniwetok} an atoll in the Marshall islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs

{n: Faunus} (Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan

{n: Frey, Freyr} (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir

{n: Friedman test, rabbit test} pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant

{n: Geneva Convention} an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime

{n: George, George III} King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)

{n: Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.} made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)

{n: Goldwyn, Sam Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn} United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974)

{n: Gondwanaland} a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica

{n: Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal} a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces

{n: Harvey, William Harvey} English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)

{n: Hawkins, Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns} English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)

{n: Hebrew alphabet, Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew script} a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)

{n: Hecate} (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches

{n: Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, James Riddle Hoffa} United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)

{n: Ichthyosauridae, family Ichthyosauridae} later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres

{n: Ictodosauria, order Ictodosauria} extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period

{n: Iphigenia} (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess

{n: Jackson, Glenda Jackson} English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)

{n: Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson} United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)

{n: James, Jesse James} United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)

{n: Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Saint Joan} French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)

{n: Jimenez de Cisneros, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros} prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

{n: Key, Francis Scott Key} United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

{n: Langtry, Lillie Langtry, Jersey Lillie, Emilie Charlotte le Breton} British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)

{n: Laurasia} a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia

{n: Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia} Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)

{n: Mantoux test} tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure (past or present) to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing

{n: Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer} United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)

{n: Mithridates, Mithridates VI, Mithridates the Great} ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC)

{n: Nazarene, Ebionite} a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome

{n: Neolithic Age, Neolithic, New Stone Age} latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)

{n: Neoplatonism} a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable
"Neoplatonism was predominant in pagan Europe until the 6th century"
"Neoplatonism was a major influence on early Christian writers and on later medieval and Renaissance thought and on Islamic philosophy"

{n: Nerthus, Hertha} the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord

{n: Newman, John Henry Newman, Cardinal Newman} English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)

{n: Nicene Creed} (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded

{n: Numidia} an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria

{n: Origen} Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254)

{n: Photius} Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated by a later pope

{n: Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax} a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax

{n: Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli} pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958)

{n: Polybotrya, genus Polybotrya, Polybotria, genus Polybotria} tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later

{n: Pontus} an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire

{n: Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell} United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

{n: Pyrethrum, genus Pyrethrum} used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum

{n: Richard III} King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)

{n: Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola} Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)

{n: Scopes trial} a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed

{n: Siva, Shiva} the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

{n: Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles} an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later

{n: Stegocephalia, order Stegocephalia} in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia

{n: Surya} an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light

{n: Szilard, Leo Szilard} United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)

{n: Taft, William Howard Taft, President Taft} 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)

{n: Thrace} a region and ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey

{n: Trimurti} the triad of divinities of later Hinduism

{n: Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal} English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)

{n: Upanishad} a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions
"the Vedanta philosophy developed from the pantheistic views of the Upanishads"

{n: Urban VIII, Maffeo Barberini} Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)

{n: Ventner, Craig Ventner, J. Craig Ventner} United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)

{n: Zion, Sion} originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
"the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'"

{n: album, record album} one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc

{n: bear} an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
<-> bull

{n: bull} an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
<-> bear

{n: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea} New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible

{n: common law, case law, precedent} a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
"common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

{n: credit order, bill-me order} an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date

{n: crown glass} a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk

{n: day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day} time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
"two days later they left"
"they put on two performances every day"
"there are 30,000 passengers per day"

{n: decree nisi} a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date

{n: delay, holdup} the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

{n: delayer} a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late

{n: digital camera} a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction

{n: digital photography} a photographic method that stores the image digitally for later reproduction

{n: down payment, deposit} a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

{n: drafting} writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

{n: evening} a later concluding time period
"it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

{n: exanthema subitum, roseola infantum, roseola infantilis, pseudorubella} a viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days

{n: fetus, foetus} an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

{n: flag smut fungus} a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores

{n: flash-forward} a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
<-> flashback

{n: genus Struthiomimus} small toothless saurischian dinosaurs; later Cretaceous period in Canada

{n: holdout} the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later

{n: hypothesis, possibility, theory} a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
"a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"
"he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

{n: large intestine} beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces

{n: lateness} quality of coming late or later in time
<-> earliness

{n: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy} an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages

{n: loop-line} a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on

{n: magnetic head} an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface a later retrieved

{n: makeup} an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
"he missed the test and had to take a makeup"
"the two teams played a makeup one week later"

{n: man of action, man of deeds} someone inclined to act first and think later

{n: night} the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
"three nights later he collapsed"

{n: pentimento} the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)

{n: polar body} a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded

{n: precedent, case in point} an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

{n: process, physical process} a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
"events now in process"
"the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"

{n: procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally} the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

{n: rebroadcast} a broadcast that repeated at a later time

{n: relation back, relation} (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
"his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"

{n: repercussion, reverberation} a remote or indirect consequence of some action
"his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"
"reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"

{n: rights offering, rights issue} an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
"the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders"

{n: score} an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
"add it to my score and I'll settle later"

{n: short sale, short selling} sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

{n: significance, import, implication} a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
"the significance of his remark became clear only later"
"the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

{n: sketch, study} preliminary drawing for later elaboration
"he made several studies before starting to paint"

{n: source, seed, germ} anything that provides inspiration for later work

{n: superstrate, superstratum} the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language

{n: swing, swing music, jive} a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

{n: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep} an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"
"he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"
"confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

{n: tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex} large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America

{n: yellow honeysuckle, Lonicera flava} climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States

{n: yeomanry} a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army

{v: code} attach a code to
"Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"

{v: come} come to pass ; arrive, as in due course
"The first success came three days later"
"It came as a shock"
"Dawn comes early in June"

{v: delay} act later than planned, scheduled, or required
"Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

{v: follow} to bring something about at a later time than
"She followed dinner with a brandy"
"He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"

{v: indent} cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
"indent the documents"

{v: lip off, shoot one's mouth off} speak spontaneously and without restraint
"She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets"

{v: make up, catch up with} make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
"I have to make up a French exam"
"Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"

{v: pay} bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
"You'll pay for this!"
"She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"
"You'll pay for this opinion later"

{v: postdate, follow} be later in time
"Tuesday always follows Monday"
<-> predate

{v: postdate} establish something as being later relative to something else
<-> predate

{v: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off} hold back to a later time
"let's postpone the exam"

{v: profess, pretend} state insincerely
"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
"She pretends to be an expert on wine"

{v: roll over} negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
"roll over a loan"

{v: sleep late, sleep in} sleep later than usual or customary
"On Sundays, I sleep in"

{v: speculate, job} invest at a risk
"I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

A week later Jayne joined me in " our " rear restaurant booth, looking serious.
一周后,她到餐厅后部 "我们 "的小房间来找我,表情严肃。

Then one spring Saturday two years later, I entered a bookstore in Philadelphia and asked a young woman on a ladder where I might find the Shakespeare sonnets I needed for an English class.
两年以后一个春天的星期六,我走进了费城的一家书店,向站在梯子上的一位年轻姑娘询问,在哪儿可以找到我上英语课需要的莎士比亚的十四行诗。

At the end of my English class a few weeks later, I walked into the hall and saw the bookstore clerk leaving a nearby classroom.
几周后,我的英语课临近结束,走进门厅后,我看见那位书店职员正从附近的一个教室走出来。

A few weeks later we began to date.
几周后,我们开始约会。

" You 're still fifty pounds in debt to me, " said my grandfather to Masood. " We'll talk about it later. "
"你还欠我 50磅, "祖父对马苏德说。 "我们以后再算。 "

Three years later, after filling laboratory books with page after page of failed experiments, Baekeland finally developed a material that he dubbed in his notebooks " Bakelite ".
三年后,在实验室的记录本上记满了一页又一页的失败试验后,贝克兰终于制造出了一种他在记录本上昵称为 " Bakelite(酚醛塑料) "的材料。

A year later in San Francisco, and inspired by Eppie's example, her twin sister Pauline approached the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and said she felt she could do a better job than the existing advice columnist.
一年后,在旧金山,受其孪生妹妹爱贝的启发,波林找到《旧金山纪事日报》的编辑,说她觉得自己会比现有的忠告专栏作者干得更好。

A variety of g-forces now come into play----your tries to tell your brain that something isn't quite right here, and moments later the ground suddenly appears from an entirely unexpected angle.
这时各种引力开始产生作用-你的身体试图告诉大脑有些不妥,瞬间之后,地面突然出现在一个完全意料之外的角度。

Canaletto's painting of the last, most sumptuous Bucintoro, later burned by order of the French Emperor Napoleon, shows in elaborate detail all the splendour of that spectacular day.
卡纳莱托所画的那幅最后和最豪华的 "布辛托罗 "大礼仪船,精细地描绘出那壮观日子的全部辉煌场景,那艘船后来被法国皇帝拿破仑下令烧毁了。

A few years later I took a second look at the first poem, and reluctantly I had to agree with my father's harsh judgment.
几年以后,我重读了那第一首诗,虽极不情愿,但又不得不同意父亲当时苛刻的评语。

Five years later, he abandoned medicine to become editor of the Leeds Times, following the successful publication of several of his articles about self-improvement.
五年之后,他放弃了医学,成为《利兹时报》的编辑,此前,他已成功地发表了几篇关于自我修养的文章。

A year later Hutchison Whampoa Limited became a listed company in Hong Kong.
一年后,哈奇森·惠姆波有限公司成为了一家在香港上市的公司。

" Head office in Russia need know only what they want to know.
"设在俄罗斯的总部只需要知道他们想知道的事情。
When Moscow want a reason for something that's gone wrong, it's me they look to for an answer.
当莫斯科想知道某件事情出错的原因时,是我来给他们回答。
But I just give whichever answer they want to hear, basically, and work out the real answer later for the report.
但我基本上只讲他们要听的答案,以后再查明真正的原因,写出报告。
Let them have their say and listen--everyone's entitled to an opinion--then give them an honest explanation.
要让他们说出想说的话,并注意倾听-每个人都有权利表达意见-然后向他们作出诚实的解释。
Ninety-nine per cent of the time, people will accept that.
在 99%的情况下,人们都会接受这种解释。
But you'll always get that one who won't. "
但你也总会赶上那 1%不接受解释的人。 "

Three months later the TV crew was back in earnest.
三个月以后,电视摄制组真的回来了。
" They 're sitting there with all their camera equipment and I go, 'Oh hello, what's going on here? '
"他们坐在那里,带上了全部摄像器材,我说: ':你们好,这儿发生了什么事情? '了什么事情?
'And they said, 'We 're going to film you now for the next six months. '
"他们说: ':今后六个月,我们准备为你拍个影片。 '为你拍个影片。
" And I said, 'Now don't be silly, behave yourselves ' "
"我说: ':别干蠢事了,安分一点吧。 " ' 吧。
The rest is history.
接下来的是已经过去的事。

" All of a sudden, a blast wave of solar wind showed up at the ACE spacecraft, " says NOAA's Joe Hirman, " as dense as any we 've seen, and barn, 30 minutes later the earth's magnetic field got hit hard. "
"突然之间, ACE 航天器周围就出现了一股太阳风。 "该局的乔·西尔曼描述说, "其密度比得上我们以前见过的任何一次,而且, 30分钟后地球磁场 ' 前见过的任何一次,膨 ' 的一声也给狠狠撞击了一下。 "

Now the sun, right on schedule, seems headed toward a peak of activity later this year.
太阳似乎要在今年晚些时候如期达到其活动的顶峰。

Monseignor Maccari later reported that such assignations were a regular twice-weekly occurrence.
马卡里阁下后来报告说,这样的幽会每周固定举行两次。

A year later, he and Sally were married.
一年后,他和萨莉结婚了。

Johanna, a year later, said,
一年后,约翰娜说:
" Dad, I want to teach school.
"爸爸,我要去学校教书。
I'll make money to become a teacher, if you will let me. "
如果你同意,我会赚到钱而成为一个教师。 "

Later when the children came home for the week of Christmas, the house was bright with Christmas colors.
不久,孩子们来家过圣诞周,住宅里灯火辉煌,充满圣诞情调。

Later, our granddaughter asked us to come along with her.
后来,孙女儿要我们跟她一起去。

A few minutes later, Zoe sat sipping coffee and watching the girl eagerly attacking a large omelette, stacks of buttered bread and a cup of milk.
几分钟后,佐伊坐下来,一边啜饮着咖啡,一边看着女孩迫不及待地向一大块煎蛋饼、好几块黄油面包和一杯牛奶发起进攻。

Weeks later, a check arrived from Dubai for the landlady and a letter for Zoe, obviously written by a professional letter writer.
几个星期后,女房东收到了一张来自迪拜的支票,佐伊则收到了一封信,信显然出自一位专业写信者之手。

Later in the pub they teased her about not drinking, trying to make her admit what she had done;
后来他们在酒吧中取笑她不喝酒,试图让她承认她所做的一切;
but she steadfastly pretended she didn't want a drink.
但是她坚定地假装她并不想喝酒。

Talk about doing good by stealth: and in case you wonder, I heard the story from the poorer roommate, who had got suspicious and, ten years later, forced the richer one to confess.
说到悄悄地做好事,倘若你想知道,这故事我是听那位较贫困的室友讲的,他当时对此已有怀疑,十年后他通那位富裕的学生招认了事情的经过。

At first these groups were financed by rich citizens who were willing to pay for their security, but later they were taken over by the government, and their numbers increased.
起初,他们从愿意为保卫自己安全而支付款项的富有市民那里获得资助,但后来被政府接管,人数也有所增加。

Although it is true that most retroviruses gradually lose their infectious powers, some retain their ability to leap out of the host DNA--often much later.
虽然大多数逆转病毒确实逐渐失去了它们的传染力,但是有一些保留了跳出寄生体脱氧核糖核酸的能力-通常要更晚,

If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her.
如果女方的父亲答应,然后男方才能向女方求婚。

Later the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls.
之后,新娘将她的花束投向一群单身女孩。

In 1940, the Texas Company( later Texaco) began its 60-year sponsorship of the series which is now relayed around the world. 1940年,德克萨斯公司(后来的德克萨科)开始了它对这一系列演出长达 60年的赞助,如今演出被全世界转播。

" Sooner or later everyone will be dependent on the economy of China, " says Ecker.
"大家迟早会依靠中国的经济发展, "埃克说。

Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer.
六周后,在美国大啤酒节上,我的 "塞缪尔·亚当斯波士顿啤酒 "获得了美国啤酒的最高奖项。

Later the Thurstons discovered that their son wasn't expected to live long, even with radiation treatment.
后来,瑟斯顿夫妇发现,即使采用放疗也别指望儿子会活很久。

Minutes later, anesthetized, Julian lay flat on the operating table.
几分钟后,医生给朱利安注射了麻药,他直挺挺地躺在手术台上。

Minutes later, Epstein and Jane walked to the recovery room.
几分钟后,医生和简走进恢复室(即手术后的特别病房)。

A few weeks later, Ron attended a special student assembly to receive the money raised.
几周后,罗恩参加了一次特殊的学生聚会,收到了一些捐款。

Four years later, Julian's music won him a scholarship to a prestigious school. 4年后,朱利安的音乐才能为他赢得了一笔就读一所名校的奖学金。

Later as I waited on a gurney 6 outside the operating room, I wept with fear.
后来,我在手术室外面的轮床上等候时,因为恐惧而哭泣。

The operation was said to have been a success hut the man later had the implant removed under threat of excommunication from the church.
据说手术是成功的,但那贵族后来却迫于被教会开除的威胁而将植入的狗骨取了出来。

Little did he guess when he began his original trilogy in 1977, that 22 years later, the story would still be unfolding.
当他于 1977年开始三部曲的初创时,他一定没有想到,在 22年之后,这个故事还可以铺展开来。

But later as I tossed and turned in bed, I couldn't chase away the apprehension I had about the high driving ahead.
但后来,我躺在床上辗转反侧,一想到要走的山路,心中的焦虑就怎么也挥之不去。

Later, as the sun went down, he came closer to the car and began to talk in his strange language.
不久,落日西沉,他走近汽车,开始用他的奇怪的语言和我讲话。

A moment later, a stream of water came out around his mouth.
片刻以后,一股水流从他的嘴边流了出来。

It was many years later before I learned where and how he had gotten his hands on those trikes.
至于他是在哪里和怎样弄来那两部三轮车,我是在多年之后才知道的。

Now, 61 years later, I can still see the scars, but I walk 3 miles a day and can ski on both water and snow.
到现在, 61年过去了,我还可以看见自己脚上的伤疤,但是我每天可以步行三英里,而且能滑水和滑雪。

When they meet secretly later the same day, Roxy explains how she changed the children over.
当天晚些时候他们秘密会面,罗西讲述了当年她掉换婴儿的经过。

Tom hears of the result later that night when he is visiting Roxy:
汤姆当晚去看望罗西,得知了决斗的结果:

" Later, I got more and more involved with drugs until I was unable to receive any man.
"后来,我的毒瘾越来越大,弄得不能接客了。

Through him, we met again and married one year later after completing my program.
通过他,我和老情人重逢。我在戒毒中心治疗了一年,出来后我们就结婚了。

And if users have a sudden inspiration, they can call Bloodhound and dictate a message for recall later.
如果使用者突发奇想,他们可以呼叫 "大警犬 "并口述讯息以备日后重呼。

Ten minutes later, the hall was filled with chatting, groaning, and angry contempt.
十分钟后,整个大厅充满了闲谈、抱怨和由于受到蔑视而感到极为愤怒之声。

Starting in late 2001 or mid-2002, IBM plans to market the first Wearables to corporations, and later enter the personal computing realm.
IBM 公司计划从 2001年末或者是 2002年中期开始,将第一批可穿戴电脑销售给公司客户,随后再进入个人电脑销售领域。

( I filed that one for later use.)
(我把这句话摘录下来,以备后用。)

Six years later, with a staff of 23 she sells 150 products( priced $10 to $25), including tinted moisturizers and eye, lip and cheek colors in the rich hues that flatter Asian skins.
六年以后,余素兰的公司发展到拥有员工 23人,销售 150种产品(价格 10美元到 25美元),其中包括着色润肤霜和具有丰富色彩的眼、唇和面颊色膏,这些产品能保养亚洲人的皮肤。

As a teenager he played for pennies in the parks of Honolulu, often teaming with Sol Hoopii, who was later Bennie's chief rival as a steel guitar star.
年轻时为了生计,他曾在火奴鲁鲁的公园中卖艺。常与他一起卖艺的索尔·胡平成了他日后的主要竞争对手。

We can reduce the text to bits( which we can not see or hear), take this new representation and store it, manipulate it or transmit it, and then later render it on a computer display or a piece of paper.
我们能将文本简化成比特(我们既不能看见也不能听见比特),采用这新的表现方式并把它储存起来,加以处理或传送,然后把它投放到一台电脑显示屏幕上或者打印在一张纸上。

In the days when Marc Andreessen and fellow student Eric Bina were hacking away on the code that would become Mosaic and later Netscape there were plenty of other folks trying to interpret the Web's core language, HTML.
当马克·安德烈斯森和他的同学埃里克·比那破译了 Mosaic (即后来的网景)的密码的时候,有许多黑客都在试图破译网络核心语言 HTML 。

The mobile guide( www.h2g2.com/onthemove) is already available via wireless application protocol( WAP) phones in Europe and on other standards sold in the U.S. and Japan. h2g2's mobile division expects to introduce some services based on localization later this year, and high-speed versions featuring audio, video and text by next year.
这个移动的旅游指南网站( www.h2g2.com )已经向使用无线应用协议( WAP )手的欧洲用户和使用其它标准手的美国及日本用户开通。 h2g2公司的移动通信部准备在今年晚些时候推出一些地方化的服务,明年推出带音频、视频和文字的高速版本。

Fifty-six seconds later I was outside at the door of a taxi.
我只用了 56秒钟就走到了楼外的计程车旁。

Later, I approached two unoccupied American ticket agents at what I thought might be my gate, and stood for half a minute while they finished a joke.
後来,我在自以为正的登口边找到两位美航的工作人员,等他们说完一个笑话后向前询问,

He later complained that Mileva's intense jealousy was typical of women of such ncommon ugliness.
后来,他抱怨说,像米勒瓦这样其丑陋的女人嫉妒心非常强。

Later, when he learned of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he uttered a pained sigh.
后来,当他听说日本长崎和广岛被原子弹毁灭之后,他痛苦地叹了一口。

Unlike the caricature of his later years who left his hair uncut, helped little girls with their math homework and was a soft touch for almost any worthy cause, Einstein is emerging from these documents as a man whose troubled private life contrasts sharply with his serene contemplation of the universe.
他晚年的形象不剪头发,帮助小女孩做数学作业,热衷各有意义的事业不同的是,存在于这些文件中的爱因斯坦充满了矛盾:他不平静的个人生活他静心思考宇宙的事实形成了鲜明对比。

Sixteen years later, Liu runs one of the most tantalizing and weirdest I.T. companies in the world.
创业 16年后,柳传志经营着世界上最具吸引力同时也是最不可思议的信息技术公司之一。

Four years and $210 million later, the new Hayden( and the Rose Center for Earth and Space that surrounds it) finally made its debut nd it's already clear that this is not your grandfather's planetarium.
四年之后,总投资 2.1亿美元的新海登天文馆(包括环绕四周的罗兹地球太空中心)终于对外开放了。新馆显然不是祖父辈记忆中的那个天文馆。

One day and hundreds of listings later, I was ready to throw my computer out the window.
在花了一天时间搜索了数百个条目之后,我再也无法忍受我的电脑,真想把它扔到窗外去。

The bulk of The Rubinstein Collection is given over to later performances that too often are cautious, occasionally even bland.
《鲁宾斯坦独奏全集》主要收录了他后期的演奏作品,听上去常常觉得演奏手法小心谨慎,偶尔甚至有点索然无味。

Later, Sony used robotics technology developed in the U.S. as the basis for the Aibo.
后来,索尼用美国人创立的机器人技术生产了电子宠物爱宝。

The society's judges awarded him a silver medal-and five years later a gold medal - for a wine they described with tepid enthusiasm as having " much the odor and flavor of ordinary claret. "
协会的评酒员授予他一枚银质奖章──五年后又授予金质奖章──并不冷不热地称赞这种酒具有法国波尔多地区普通干红葡萄酒的芳香和口味。

Later in May, officials from all 16 German states met with Interior Minister Otto Schily to address the issue.
五月份,德国全部 16个州的官员内务部长奥托·希利会面,商讨了这一问题。

" You don't sit back and think I shouldn't turn here because the boat might not handle it, " said Baird later.
贝尔德后来说:你不能闲坐着考虑能不能拐弯,否则船会失控。
" We 're got to push when it's time to push. "
该进攻的时候就要进攻。

Later the family garage became his laboratory.
后来,他家的车库成了他的实验室。

Barnesandnoble.com would appear a year later - just before Amazon's IPO, which went off at a modest $18 a share.
一年之后, Barnesandnoble.com 网站问世,亚马孙公司的股票也以每股 18美元的低价上市。

IAM,( www.callwave.com), takes messages for the user, who listens instantly or saves them for later.
IAM 软件可以在 www.callwave.com 网址上找到,它可以为用户接收电话留言,用户可以立即接听,也可以存储下来以后再听。

Two years later, their film was a smash.
两年之后,他们的电影获得了巨大成功。

Later on, we came up with the premise of the three filmmakers getting lost in the woods.
后来,我们提出了三位电影拍摄人员在森林中失踪的假设。

Fast forward to the film's first title card: " In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary.
这时银幕上立即显示第一段提示文字: 1994年 10月,三位电影学院在校生在马里兰州伯基茨维附近的森林中拍摄一部记录片时失踪。
A year later their footage was found. "
一年之后,人们找到了他们拍摄的电影胶片。

Later, scientists, led by French explorer Bernard Buigues, flocked to the site.
之后,科学家们由法国探险家伯纳德·布伊格斯带领,涌向发现毛象的地方。

If a tropical megacity gets hit with a new virus, New York City and Los Angeles will see it only days or weeks later.
如果一个热带大城市遭受了一种新型病毒的袭击,那么纽约和洛杉矶遭遇它的时间不过在几天或几星期以后。

It turned out she had ovarian cancer, and she died three months later. "
最后查出来她得了子宫癌,三个月之后就去世了。

" And if you get them early you can prevent diseases later in life. "
早一点开始锻炼,可以预防以后生玻

Two years later, he borrowed $2,600 to join the couple as a partner and formed the company that evolved into Esprit Asia.
两年之后,他用借来的 2, 600美元,作为合伙人加入汤普金斯夫妇的时装公司,并创立了后来发展为亚洲思捷的公司。

In 1993, the company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and, three years later, the Tompkins sold their shares in Esprit Asia to Ying. 1993年,该公司股票在香港上市,三年之后汤普金斯夫妇将他们在亚洲思捷的股份卖给了邢李火原。

According to an unpublished paper the group produced, " It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they will be inclined to want those materials months later. "
研究组一篇尚未发表的论文写道:运用这些技术不仅可以预测人们是否会记住某种物品,是否会对这种物品产生一定的情绪感应,而且可以揣测他们是否会有在数个月後拥有这种物品的愿望。

This led first to the age of dinosaurs and later the age of mammals, and the eventual rise of the human species.
这首先导致了恐龙时代的出现,随后又出现了哺乳动物时代,最后诞生了人类。

Sooner rather than later for many malignancies What tuberculosis was to the 19th century, cancer is to the 20th.
对很多恶性肿瘤来说越早越好如果说结核病属于 19世纪,那麽癌症则是属于 20世纪的疾玻

It was the knowledge of the ill-fated horse and bridge that five centuries later captivated the imaginations of two men and started the current Leonardo renaissance. 5个世纪过后,得知那件时运不济的骏马雕塑及桥梁的事情之后,有两个人突发奇想,开始了达·芬奇作品复兴计划。

In contrast, cedar sculptures at the end of the exhibition, dating from the Sixth Dynasty four centuries later, demonstrate a sophisticated rendering of the human form, with expressive eyes and muscular legs.
对比而言,在展览结束处,四个世纪之后第六王朝的松木雕塑,展现出对人体外形极细微的处理手段,有表情生动的眼睛和肌肉发达的双腿。

A few months later, Disney.com which dishes up news stories about movies, TV shows, videos and software, went up.
几个月后, Disney.com 为人们提供了大量有关电影、电视剧、录像片和软件的新闻。

Shackleton took part in two failed British attempts to reach the South Pole, first in 1901 and later in 1906.
沙克尔顿参加了两次没有成功的英国南极探险活动,第一次是在 1901年,后来一次是在 1906年。

Not only was Turner's thesis influential at the time, it was later adopted and elaborated by other scholars, such as John D. Hicks in The Populist Revolt .
特纳的这一论点不仅在当时颇具影响,而且后来还被其他学者采纳并予以阐发,诸如约翰·德·希克斯(John D.Hicks)在其所著的《平民党起义》(The Populist Reuolt.1931)中所做的那样。

Though historically there is a discernible break between Jewish law of the sovereign state of ancient Israel and of the Diaspora (the dispersion of Jewish people after the conquest of Israel), the spirit of the legal matter in later parts of the Old Testament is very close to that of the Talmud, one of the primary codifications of Jewish law in the Diaspora.
尽管从历史角度来看,在古代以色列作为独立主权国家的犹太教法与大流散时期(Diaspora,即以色列被征服后古代犹太人被巴比伦人逐出故土)的犹太教法之间存在着一个明晰可辨的断裂,然则,《旧约全书》(Old Testament)后半部分中法律内容的精神与《犹太教法典》(Talmud)极为一脉相承,而所谓的《犹太教法典》,是指大流散时期犹太教法的主要典籍辑录之一。

Later, evidence in support of the idea of intense local chemosynthesis was accumulated: hydrogen sulfied was found in vent water; many vent-site bacteria were found to be capable of chemosynthesis; and extremely large concentrations of bacteria were found in samples of vent water thought to be pure.
后来,支持强烈局部化学合成这一思想的证据渐趋积累起来:在热液口的水中发现了硫化氢(hydrogen sulfide);许多热液口场址的细菌被发现具有化学合成的能力;此外,在那些曾被认为纯净无物的热液口水样中,发现了大量极为密集的细菌。

Moreover, since many feminist ideas can be traced to Saint-Simonianism, European historians' appreciation of later feminism in France and the United States remained limited.
因此,由于忽略了其女权主义思想可追溯至圣—西门主义,因此,欧洲史学家们对在法国和美国后起的女权主义运动的欣赏显得十分有限。

Shergottites crystallized from molten rock less than 1.1 billion years ago (some 3.5 billion years later than typical achondrites) and were presumably ejected into space when an object impacted on a body similar in chemical composition to Earth.
在不到1.1亿年之前(大概要比典型的无球粒陨石晚3.5亿年),辉熔长无球粒陨石从深化的岩石中晶化成形,并据推测,当一个物体撞击到一个与地球的化学构成相近似的天体上时,这些辉熔长无球粒陨石便被弹射入太空。

Two years later, Judith of Bethulia, an elaborate historicophilosophical spectacle, reached the unprecedented length of four reels, or one hour's running time.
两年之后《贝图利亚的犹滴》(Judith of Bethulia)——一部气势恢宏、场面壮观的历史哲理片——达到了史无前例的四个片盘的长度,或一个小时的放映时间。

A:I wrote to President Bush and he sent me an autographed(adj.) picture of his family.
我写了封信给布什总统.他送我一张签名的全家福照.
B:Really? Keep it in a safe place. It'll sell for thousands of dollars a few decades later.
真的?好好保管它.几十年后它肯定能卖几千美元.

London transport officials report a sharp drop-off in passenger numbers since the July 7 attacks, and a second wave of attempted bombings on the transit system that came two weeks later, on July 21.
伦敦交通警察负责人表示,自从7月7号恐怖袭击以来,乘客人数大幅度减少。7月21号,恐怖分子又试图在伦敦交通系统制造第二波恐怖袭击。

"Normally they are promised, words like, 'Okay you will be a house help, you will be a saleslady, you will be a cashier in this restaurant.' But no, it will be something else," said Victoria Juat. "Later they find out no, they will be brought to a brothel, they will be brought to karaoke bars and they will become something else."
她说:“通常,人贩子保证说,‘你会去当一个管家,你会成为一个销售员,你会在餐馆里当收银员。’可是,事实却不是这样,他们后来发现,有的孩子被卖给妓院,有的孩子被卖给卡拉OK酒吧,他们会被迫去干别的工作。”

Prime Minister Tony Blair said Britain and Italy share common views on the agenda for the summit of leading industrial nations later this year. He says the two countries are in agreement on the way forward for Africa and climate change. Mr. Blair and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held a joint press conference Friday at the end of their talks in Rome.
英国首相布莱尔说,英国和意大利对今年下半年主要工业国首脑会议的议事日程持相同立场。 布莱尔说,英国和意大利对非洲问题和世界气候变化问题的发展前景意见一致。星期五,布莱尔和意大利总理贝卢斯科尼会谈结束时在罗马联合举行新闻发布会。

"George always says he's delighted to come to these press dinners. Baloney. He's usually in bed by now. I'm not kidding. I said to him the other day, "George, if you really want to end tyranny in the world, you're going to have to stay up later," joked the First Lady.
第一夫人开玩笑说,“乔治总是说他喜欢来参加这些媒体晚宴。这纯属瞎说。一般来说,到现在这个钟点,他已经上床睡觉了。我不是开玩笑。头两天我还跟他说,‘乔治,你要真想清除世界上的暴政,就得晚点睡觉。’”

Bob and Mary Schindler gave up their effort in Federal Court to re-attach their daughter's feeding tube, after the 11th Circuit Court of appeals in Atlanta denied their third appeal. Last Sunday, the U.S. Congress passed an emergency bill allowing the Schindlers to appeal their case in Federal Courts. Days later, after a series of dramatic appeals through the Federal Court system, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube re-attached.
在亚特兰大第十一联邦巡回上诉法院第三次拒绝了他们的上诉后,鲍勃和玛丽·辛德勒放弃了在联邦法院系统上诉、重新给他们的女儿接上进食管的努力。上星期天,美国国会通过了一项紧急法律,允许辛德勒夫妇向联邦法院申诉。几天后,在向联邦法院提出一系列引人瞩目的上诉均以失败告终后,美国最高法院也拒绝下令重新接上特丽·夏沃的进食管。

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he will begin withdrawing Syrian troops from central Lebanon, first to an eastern region and later to the countries' common border.
叙利亚总统阿萨德说,他将开始把叙利亚部队撤出黎巴嫩中部,先撤到黎巴嫩东部,然后再移往两国边界地区。

The last major incident involving a U.S. Navy submarine occurred in 2001, when the USS Greenville rammed a fishing vessel as it surfaced off Hawaii, killing nine Japanese. The commander was later forced to retire.
美国海军潜艇上一次发生重大事故是在2001年,当时格林维尔号核潜艇在夏威夷海域上浮时撞上一艘日本渔船,造成9名日本人死亡。核潜艇的艇长后来被迫退役。

The White House is condemning Tuesday's assassination of the governor of Baghdad province. The Bush administration says continuing violence will not delay Iraqi elections later this month.
白宫谴责了星期二暗杀伊拉克巴格达省省长的行为。布什政府表示,持续不断的暴力不会推迟定于本月底举行的伊拉克大选。

General Allen said a second Navy task force led by the amphibious assault ship the Bonhomme Richard had entered the Indian Ocean Monday to join in operations off Sumatra. Later in the week that Navy group, carrying 24 helicopters is to move to the eastern coast of Sri Lanka.
艾伦将军说,由海陆两栖战舰理查德号率领的第二支救援舰队在星期一进入印度洋,加入苏门达腊海岸的援救工作。本星期晚些时候,这个载着24架直升机的美国舰队将向斯里兰卡东海岸进发。

The Bush administration is sending Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Turkey, Jordan and Syria later this week on a mission partly aimed at helping improve prospects for next month's Iraqi elections. The United States accuses Syria of harboring officials of the former Saddam Hussein regime.
布什政府派遣副国务卿阿米蒂奇于本星期晚些时候前往土耳其、约旦和叙利亚等国,他此行的使命之一是为下个月的伊拉克选举创造更有利的条件。美国指责叙利亚为前萨达姆政权的官员提供庇护。


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