1. 近來(lái);最近;不久前 You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago.
e.g. Dad's health hasn't been too good lately... 爸爸的健康狀況近來(lái)不太好。 e.g. Lord Tomas had lately been appointed Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies... 托馬斯勛爵最近被任命為政策研究中心主席。
2. 新近卸任;最近離任 You can use lately to refer to the job a person has been doing until recently.
e.g. ...Timothy Jean Geoffrey Pratt, lately deputy treasury solicitor... 新卸任的政府法務(wù)部副部長(cháng)蒂莫西·瓊·杰弗里·普拉特
lately英英釋義
lately的反義詞
adv
1. in the recent past
e.g. he was in Paris recently lately the rules have been enforced as late as yesterday she was fine feeling better of late the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also