核心畫面
Further along the timeline — at a point after the moment you're standing on.
可以想成一條由左往右流的時間線：你現在站在某一點上，later 就是那一點再往右、往後的位置。它本來是 late（晚…更多收起
可以想成一條由左往右流的時間線：你現在站在某一點上，later 就是那一點再往右、往後的位置。它本來是 late（晚）的比較級——「比這個時間點更晚」。不管當副詞講「等一下、之後」，還是當形容詞講「後面的、較近期的」，畫面都是同一個：在時間軸上往後挪一格。原始詞典資料9 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。
lateradv/ˈleɪ.tə/
- 1
Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
- I arrived later than my roommate.
- 2
At some unspecified time in the future.
- I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
- 3
What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
- Compare Malay nanti (“later; if not”)
- Later you fall asleep how?
lateradj/ˈleɪ.tə/
- 1
Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
- The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
- 2
Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.
- 3
At some time in the future.
- The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
laterintj/ˈleɪ.tə/
- 1
slangSee you later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。