belated
belated /bəˈleɪtɪd/ nghĩa là bị đêm tối ập đến, lỡ đường
Các nghĩa
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bị đêm tối ập đến, lỡ đường
Affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
[…] Faerie Elves, / VVhoſe midnight Revels, by a Forreſt ſide / Or Fountain ſome belated Peaſant ſees, / Or dreams he ſees, […]
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muộn màng
Later in relation to the proper time which something should have happened; specifically, delayed beyond the proper time.
A belated happy birthday to you!
We could not doubt that justice, if belated, had come at last.
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chậm tiến, lạc hậu
Slow to learn or to adopt a trend; hence, lacking education or sophistication; benighted, unenlightened, unsophisticated.
Dạng khác
- more belated comparative
- most belated superlative