adv. 较晚地；以后，过后；后来；随后
adj. 后来的；以后的；接近末期的；晚年的
1. 用作形容词和副词 late 的比较级。如：
It’s rather later than I thought. 这比我想的还要晚。
He left home later than usual. 他比平常还晚离家。
2. 用于一段具体时间之后，表示从过去或将来算起的多长时间以后，但通常不指从现在算起的多久以后。如：
误：I’ll call again a week later.（可改为…in a week）
正：I called again a week later. 一周后我又打了电话。
正：I’ll call her on March 5 and will call again a week later. 我将在3月5日给她打个电话，过一周后我将再打个电话。
但是later单独使用（即不连用具体时间），可以表示从现在算起的“以后”（具有泛指意义）。如：
Let’s stop now and finish it later. 现在停下来，以后再完成它。
He may be busy, in which case I’ll call later. 他可能忙，如若如此，我以后再来拜访。
3. 用于 later on，表示“以后”“后来”，可用于过去或将来。如：
We’ll discuss the matter later on. 我们以后将讨论这件事。
Later on he realized his mistake. 后来他认识到了自己的错误。
4. sooner or later 为习语，意为“迟早”，注意其词序不能倒过来。如：
You’ll know the truth sooner or later. 你迟早会知道真相的。
Sooner or later you’ll have to make a decision. 你早晚得拿个主意。
1. At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized.
在后来的新闻发布会上，他说不应夸大分歧。
2. I hate to rush you but I have another appointment later on.
我真不想催你，但我稍后还有一个约会。
3. I imagine they'll be tearing the building down sooner or later.
我猜他们早晚会拆除这座楼的。
4. Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released.
士兵们抓走4个人，其中1个随后被放了回来。
5. A few hours later bomb disposal experts defused the devices.
几小时以后拆弹专家拆除了该爆炸装置的引信。
6. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。