He was late because he was ill

迟到───late

Editors rushed out a piece on the crash for the late news.───编辑迅速将失事消息编入晚间新闻.

Hurry up. Tie up your shoelaces; we are late.───快点, 系上你的鞋带, 我们晚了.

" Are you late? " " I am afraid so. "───" 你晚点了 吗 ? ” “ 恐怕是晚了. ”

It's too late to go to the football match now; besides, it's beginning to rain.───现在去看足球比赛太晚了; 况且老天又开始下雨了.

Nobody is allowed to be late.───任何人不得迟到.

He tried to shelter his friend from knowing of his father's death, but he was too late.───他企图不让他的朋友知道他的父亲去世的消息, 但为时已晚.

We're so late I daren't look at my watch.───我们太迟了,我连手表都不敢看一眼.

Don't keep the children up too late.───别让孩子们睡得太晚.

At the peak of its popularity in the late nineties, the band sold ten million albums a year.───20世纪90年代后期那个乐队最红的时候,每年售出1,000万张唱片.

He stays late in bed on Sunday morning and at other times he has to get up at six.───星期天早上他起床迟些,平时他六点就得起床.

She scolded the child for being late for school.

Frugality when all is spent comes too late.

Did you go to bed late last night?

Never too late to mend.

I was only late by five minutes.

Marry too soon, and you’ll repent too late.

We must allow for his being late.

When guns speak it is too late to argue.

My uncle became severe when I was late.