单词	tardiness
释义	tardytar‧dy /ˈtɑːdi $ ˈtɑːrdi/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINtardy Origin: 1500-1600 tardif ‘tardy’ (15-16 centuries), from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tardivus, from Latin tardus ‘late’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He was never tardy or absent the whole semester. We apologize for our tardy response to your letter. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Do please forgive this very tardy reply. It's an excrescence, a monstrosity, some tardy addition to the agenda. Talking out, skipping class, being tardy or disrespectful are no more acceptable for work-inhibited students than for any others. The tardy appearance of the tapes provided the opportunity for Sen. The Jesuits soon boasted a chapel and a lot, while the tardy Protestants waited eight years to build their own church. This makes the car feel tardy in quick manoeuvres and exacerbates the variable-ratio's less-than-linear response through fast sweepers. Yorkshire may have been slightly tardy in not monitoring his schoolboy progress. Thesaurus THESAURUS► late arriving or happening after the time that was expected or arranged: · Sorry I’m late.· The bus was late.· Spring seems to be very late this year. ► not on time not arriving or doing something at the time that was expected or arranged: · He never hands his homework in on time.· If we don’t leave on time, we’ll miss the flight. ► overdue not done or happening by the expected time – used especially about payments that are late or library books that should have been returned: · Your rent is three weeks overdue.· I had to pay a £3 fine on some overdue library books. ► be behind with something British English, be behind on something American English to be late in doing something that you have to do: · I can’t come out because I’m behind with my English essay. ► be held up to be made late for a meeting, appointment etc by something that happens, especially by bad traffic: · I was held up by a traffic jam. ► be delayed to be prevented from arriving, leaving, or happening at the expected time – often used about public transport: · The flight was delayed by bad weather. ► belated given or done late – used especially about something that someone has forgotten or failed to do: · a belated birthday card· I’m still hoping for a belated apology from him. ► tardy especially American English formal arriving or happening late: · a habitually tardy person· a tardy decision ► be in arrears formal to have not made one or more regular payments at the time when you should: · One in eight mortgage payers are in arrears. 1arriving or done late:  Do please forgive this tardy reply. He’s been tardy three times this semester.► see thesaurus at late2doing something too slowly or latetardy in people who are tardy in paying their bills—tardily adverb—tardiness noun [uncountable]
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