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    Late-breaking is almost always about news. Late-breaking news is news of events that happen just before a broadcast goes out, or just before a newspaper is printed — so late that the editors nearly missed it, and they may cut into the programme or stop the press to get it in.

    Late-breaking almost always幾乎都是 about news在說新聞。Late-breaking news late-breaking news是 just before a broadcast goes out就在節目播出前、or just before a newspaper is printed或就在報紙付印前 that happen才發生的 events事件 news of的新聞——so late晚到 the editors編輯 nearly missed it差點漏掉它,and they而他們 may可能 cut into the programme插進節目 or stop the press或讓印刷機停下來,to get it in好把它放進去

    It is a word: urgent, a little breathless, used in headlines and presenter talk. Breaking news already means “this is happening now.” Late-breaking adds the extra pinch: it arrived at the last moment, after the running order was supposed to be finished.

    It它是 a newsroom word新聞編輯室的字:urgent急迫、a little breathless有點喘不過氣,used in headlines and presenter talk用在標題和主播的話裡。Breaking news already means已經是指 "this is happening now"「這正在發生」。Late-breaking adds the extra pinch再多加一撮:it它 at the last moment在最後一刻、after the running order was supposed to be finished在流程表照理該定案之後 arrived才到

    You would not call a late homework assignment late-breaking; keep it for news and similar last-second reports. it before a noun: late-breaking news, a late-breaking story.

    a late homework assignment遲交的作業 You would not call你不會說它是 late-breaking;keep it for把它留給 news新聞 and similar last-second reports和類似的最後一秒報導。before a noun放在名詞前時 Hyphenate it加連字號:late-breaking news、a late-breaking story

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組成late (at the end / not in time to plan) + breaking (as in breaking news: news that is just coming out).

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  • latelate as in very near the deadline
  • breakbreaking news is news bursting in; late-breaking is that news arriving at the last possible moment

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

late-breakingadj

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    Occurring very shortly before publication on the topic.

    • late-breaking clinical trials
    • late-breaking news

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。