late in the day

释义

1. 为时已晚；已失时机

   after the time when an action could be successful

   He started working hard much too late in the day — he couldn't possibly catch up.他太晚才开始努力工作，不可能赶上了。

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• (SCREAMING)The Peanuts Movie2015
• Bit late in the day for that, isn't it?Pride2014
• See you later. Enjoy the day.Knocked Up2007
• Later that same day, I happened to meet a real Indian...About Schmidt2002
• Later in the day, we rented a... some kind of a video, you know?Husbands and Wives1992
• Most of northern England and North Wales will have sleet and snow in the morning and again later in the day.The Holiday2006
• It's getting late. You've had a big day, you must be exhausted!Minions2015
• No, that's too late. That's after Judgment Day.Terminator Genisys2015

在完整场景里学

• 关于施密特2002
  • 退休宴上听老友拆台：retire in glory（光荣退休）
  • 接长途电话为女婿拌嘴：bigger fish to fry（有更重要的事要忙）
  • 退休老人给养子录自我介绍：work out that way（结果没照设想走）
• 丈夫、太太与情人1992
  • 饭前宣布两人要分开：grow apart（渐渐疏远）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻旧账：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 电话里逼问出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）
• 小黄人大眼萌2015
  • 换老板换了几千年：therein lies the rub（问题就出在这儿）
  • 没主人后出门找反派：Truth be told（说实话）
  • 百货店里玩到打烊：marked down（降价甩卖）

同一词条的短语

• be too late
• better late than never
• late of
• of late
• too late
• a night out
• sooner or later