(adj.) after the expected or usual time; delayed; 'a belated birthday card'; 'I'm late for the plane'; 'the train is late'; 'tardy children are sent to the principal'; 'always tardy in making dental appointments' .
坎迪編輯
雙語例句
On December 29th, 1916, the monk Rasputin was murdered at a dinner-party in Petrograd, and a belated attempt was made to put the Tsardom in order. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯.世界史綱.
Holmes made no further allusion to the matter that day, though he sat lost in thought for a long time after our belated dinner. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾.福爾摩斯歸來記.
It might, therefore, be natural to ask how far Edison or his companies have benefited pecuniarily by reason of the many belated victories they have scored in the courts. 弗蘭克·劉易斯·戴爾.愛迪生的生平和發明.
Slow and belated judgments are sometimes the best judgments. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯.世界史綱.
But at this point one or two belated passengers from the last station forced their way into the carriage, and Lily had to retreat to her seat. 伊迪絲·華頓.快樂之家.
It was a party of belated hunters returning from the north, and among them they half led, half carried a struggling animal. 埃德加·賴斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.