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单词 tardy
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
to be prevented from arriving, leaving, or happening at the expected time – often used about public transport: · The flight was delayed by bad weather.
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.
especially American English formal arriving or happening late: · a habitually tardy person· a tardy decision
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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