belated
belatedadjective- coming or happening later than should have been the case
来迟的,误期的
a belated apology.
迟来的道歉。
派生belatedlyadverbbelatednessnoun语源- early 17th cent. (in the sense 'overtaken by darkness'): past participle of obsolete belate 'delay' (see be-, late)
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