'when it was already later in the afternoon,we had to leave'中的later要改为late
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'when it was already later in the afternoon,we had to leave'中的later要改为late
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因为late是形容词 later是late的比较级
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前面为be动词，是系表结构，所以形式要用形容词late，而later是副词
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当然要用late.这里是形容下午已经比较晚了,我们不得不走.楼主用later估计是按中文的语言方式去想的吧,此“比较晚”非彼“比较晚”中文里说比较晚,“比较”是一个程度,像英文里的“very much,quite"later的“比较晚”...
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不构成比较级