belatedly是什么意思？

belatedly

迟来

例句

• I belatedly wished her a happy birthday. 我送去了迟到的生日祝福.
• Until I realized , finally , belatedly, what had been happening to me. 直到我最终, 姗姗来迟地理解到发生在我身上的事情.
• 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.
• Belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem... 政府迟迟才承认了该问题。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  迟来的；延误的；姗姗来迟的
  A belated action happens later than it should have done.
  例句
  ...the government's belated attempts to alleviate the plight of the poor. 政府一再拖延的扶贫举措 ...a belated birthday present. 迟来的生日礼物

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. later than usual or than expected;
  "the train arrived late""we awoke late""the children came late to school""notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline""I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"