Belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem...是什么意思？

Belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem...

政府迟迟才承认了该问题。

Belatedly

ADJ-GRADED 迟来的；延误的；姗姗来迟的；

例句
Banks and rating agencies are – belatedly – revamping their models.
银行和评级机构正在修补他们的模型,虽然已是姗姗来迟.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

government

n. 政府，政体，治理的形式，管辖，治理；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

acknowledged

adj. 公认的；v. 承认( acknowledge的过去式和过去分词 )，鸣谢，对…打招呼，告知已收到；

例句
Belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem...
政府迟迟才承认了该问题。

problem

n. 问题，疑难问题，习题，引起麻烦的人；adj. 成问题的，难处理的，关于社会问题的；

例句
Such is the size of the problem that these arguments are purely academic.
问题的实情在于这些论点纯属空谈。