(1) ①later用作副词,意为“后来,以后,较晚时候”。
- I knew nothing about it at the time, although I learnt it later .
虽然我后来获悉此事,可在当时我对此一无所知。 - It did not enter my mind until later that it was a cat.
直到后来我才想到它是一只猫。 - The Committee consisted at first of nine, later of twelve members.
该委员会最初有9名成员,后来有12名成员了。 - Later that day we went out together to take a walk in the woods, talking a lot about our future.
那天晚些时候,我们一起出去到小树林里散步,谈论了很多未来。
②later常和表示时间的词语连用,意为“……之后;过了……”。
- Two months later she went to Europe to further her studies.
两个月之后,她去欧洲进修去了。
(2) later on意为“将来,以后,过些时候”,有时也表示“后来,过了些时候”。常可与later换用。
- Later (on) he got a job as technical advisor to the employers.
后来他搞到一份工作,给雇主们当技术顾问。 - Shall we leave that there and go into it later (on)?
我们要不要把这事放一放,以后再来研究它? - I think we'd better thrash this misunderstanding between us later on , not now.
我想我们最好是以后再来消除我们之间的误解,而不是现在。