belatedlyKK [bɪˋletədli] /bɪˈleɪtədli/發音be- 使、加以+late 遲的+-ly 副詞→變得遲了地展開收合be-字首使、加以late單字遲的-ly字尾副詞字面：變得遲了地事情來得比應有的時間晚，就是「遲來地、事後才」。副詞1遲來地、事後才、晚了才The company belatedly apologized to the customers it had overcharged.該公司事後才向被多收費用的客戶道歉。2姍姍來遲地、遲遲才Help arrived belatedly, long after the flood waters had receded.救援姍姍來遲，洪水早就已經退去。