"最早最晚"用英语怎么说？

【朗读以下例句，并用今日表达造句】

She needs our help. We have to be there by Monday at the latest.

It's a bit late in the day to tell me you can't come. I've already bought the tickets.

I didn't fall in love until I was 50, but better late than never!

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【精讲部分】

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at the latest 最迟；最晚

at the earliest 最早

一般放句末

同义替换：

as late as + 时间 最迟到…

as early as + 时间 最早在…

【解释】

You use at the latest in order to indicate that something must happen at or before a particular time and not after that time.

【例句】

She should be back by ten o'clock at the latest.

她最晚应该在10点钟回来。

She needs our help. We have to be there by Monday at the latest.

她需要我们的帮助。 我们最迟星期一必须到那里。

The first official results are not expected until Tuesday at the earliest.

第一批正式结果最早也要等到周二才能出来。

Once they pass the exams, they can leave high school as early as the end of the second year.

一旦他们通过考试，他们最早可以在第二年结束时离校。

They can come as early as October 16, or as late as early December.

他们可以最早10月16日，或最晚12月初过来。

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late in the day

为时已晚；时机已过

【解释】

If someone has done something late in the day, they have done it at the last moment or in the final stages of a situation.

【例句】

It was a bit late in the day for him to apologize.

当时他要道歉为时已晚了。

It's late in the day to try to change the plans.

现在要改计划，为时已晚。

It’s a bit late in the day to tell me you can’t come. I’ve already bought the tickets.

现在告诉我你不能来有点晚了。我已经买了票。

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(it’s) better late than never

迟做比不做好；晚做总比不做好

【解释】

People say better late than never to mean that it is better for something to happen later than planned or wanted than not to happen at all.

【例句】

I didn't fall in love until I was 50, but better late than never!

我50岁才开始恋爱，但迟做总比不做好吧!

Jill: Lisa's birthday was two weeks ago. Should I send her a card now?

Jane: Better late than never.

吉尔：丽莎的生日是在两个星期前的。我现在应该给她寄张贺卡吗?

简：迟做总比不做好。