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belated

C1 adj

belated /bəˈleɪtɪd/ nghĩa là bị đêm tối ập đến, lỡ đường

Các nghĩa

  1. 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, […]

  2. 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.

  3. chậm tiến, lạc hậu

    Slow to learn or to adopt a trend; hence, lacking education or sophistication; benighted, unenlightened, unsophisticated.

    figuratively

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