'Late, late, so late! and dark the night and chill! Late, late, so late! but we can enter still. Too late, too late! ye cannot enter now.英文原著 · 《Idylls of the King》
Trudaine led the way in silence back to the house; the land-steward following slowly at a distance of several paces, and talking in whispers to himself. "His father was the saving of me," muttered Lomaque; "that is truth, and there is no getting over it; his father was the saving of me; and yet here am I--no! it's too late!--too late to speak--too late to act--too late to do anything!"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
Yes, Duke, young--so young! And I knew you not? yet I have done you a wrong Irreparable! late, too late to repair. If I knew any means . but I know none! I swear, If this broken fraction of time could extend Into infinite lives of atonement, no end Would seem too remote for my grief (could that be!) To include it! Not too late, however, for me To entreat: is it too late for you to forgive?英文原著 · 《Lucile》
As Jos gradually drew out the whole story from his mother's excited and incoherent speech, and translated it, Felipe groaned aloud, "Too late! Too late!" He too felt, as Aunt Ri had, that Ramona never could have survived the shock of seeing her husband murdered. "Too late! Too late!" he cried, as he staggered into the house. "She has surely died of the sight."英文原著 · 《Ramona》
"Exactly," said Brigida. "Her eyes were also of the same color as the late countess's; she wore yellow of the same shade as the hangings in the late countess's room, and she had on, under her yellow mask, the colorless wax model of the late countess's face, now in your friend's hand. So much for that part of the secret. Nothing remains now to be cleared up but the mystery of who the lady was. Have the goodness, sir, to push that bag an inch or two nearer my way, and I shall be delighted to tell you."英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
May 7. A bang on the door at 6. Did I want my boots cleaned? Fifteen minutes later another bang. Did we want coffee? Fifteen later, bang again, my wife's bath ready; 15 later, my bath ready. Two other bangs; I forget what they were about. Then lots of shouting back and forth, among the servants just as in an Indian hotel.英文原著 · 《Following the Equator》
Okay, how late are we -- "Goat loose in the house" Late or "Stubborn cow in the road" Late?美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Nine months later, she's having my baby, a month later, we're married, two years later, we're divorced, and now half my paycheck goes to alimony and child support, so now I'm stuck living with my grandma in Englewood while my ex-wife takes it up the pooper from some 18-year-old rapper who spends my美剧 · 《Shameless》
But later, Not a few days, two years later...美剧 · 《Billions》