1.later是副詞，意思是“較晚地”，常用于書面語中。2.later常與一個(gè)表示具體時(shí)間的名詞連用，指從過去或?qū)砟骋粫r(shí)間算起的。如果單獨(dú)使用，即其前不加“若干時(shí)間”，則可以用來表示“從現(xiàn)在算起以后”。3.later無比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)形式。

1、The government will review the situation later in the year.

政府將在今年晚些時(shí)候?qū)π蝿葜匦录右匝芯俊?/p>

2、The government will review the situation later in the year.

政府將在今年晚些時(shí)候重新檢討形勢。

3、I'd like to come on to that question later.

我想以后再討論那個(gè)問題。

4、Look at the time ─ it's much later than I thought.

看看時(shí)間吧，比我想象的要晚多了。

5、This is discussed in more detail in a later chapter.

在后面的一章中對這一點(diǎn)作了更詳細(xì)的討論。