lately

adverb
🔊/ˈleɪtli/
🔊/ˈleɪtli/
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  1. recently; in the recent past最近;新近;近来;不久前
    • Have you seen her lately?你最近见过她吗?🔊🔊
    • It's only lately that she's been well enough to go out.她只是最近才康复,可出去走一走了。🔊🔊
    • (British English) I haven't been sleeping well just lately.我就是在最近才一直睡不好觉。🔊🔊
    • She had lately returned from India.不久前她从印度回来了。🔊🔊
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLately is used with these verbs:
    • read
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    Word OriginOld English lætlīce ‘slowly, tardily’ (see late, -ly).