Belated

(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' .

坎迪编辑

• 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·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• 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·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• 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. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Slow and belated judgments are sometimes the best judgments. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• 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. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• 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·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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