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单词 it is too late
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it is too late (to do something)
P1. it is too late (to do something): the opportunity to do something has passed; it is no longer possible to do something.
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c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 2568 He priked him forþ out atte gate–Forsoþe it was almost to late.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 878 (MED) He gan his Slowthe forto banne, Bot it was al to late thanne.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 276 It hadde been to late for to crie.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxiijv She aunswereth that it is to late nowe to examyne the licence, whiche so longe synce they had allowed.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 116 Thei begane to suspect, (albeit it was to lett).
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 108 So you to studie now it is too late . View more context for this quotation
1619 J. Taylor Kicksey Winsey Ded. sig. A5 It is too late to put old omittings to new Committings.
1691 J. Harris Mistakes i. 5 Hear me before your rashness makes it quite too late To hear.
c1710 Advice to True Representatives Old Eng. (single sheet) Remove all the Remoras e're it's too late.
1781 S. Johnson Prior in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 37 Of his behaviour in the lighter parts of life, it is too late to get much intelligence.
1835 Norwich Mag. 1 Mar. 86 She was betrayed. He continued to amuse her by fair promises and honey-mouthed excuses till it was too late.
1883 W. Black Shandon Bells I. iii. 76 He resolved that it was now too late for doubt.
1930 R. Lehmann Note in Music vi. 249 I was a very slow developer. By the time I started to wake up and think for myself, it was too late.
1963 Phi Delta Kappan 45 116/1 It is not too late to stamp out teen nightclubs, ‘training bras’, and ‘open house’ party-crashing.
1982 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. a6/3 The argument has been, co-opt the left before it's too late.
1993 C. MacDougall Lights Below 131 ‘It's not too late to change your mind,’ she said.
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