2020年11月26日 · A) This is incorrect. This would mean you are going to be late until 10 minutes has passed and then you will stop being late. This doesn't really make sense. B) This is fine. It is gramatically correct but it sounds a bit unnatural. It sounds better in colloquial speech if you are a bit unsure and add 'about'. "I will be late by about 10 minutes".

英语中 be late (in) doing sth 与 be late with sth 同义，表示“做某事做晚了或做迟了”。 如： He was late (in) getting up this morning. 今天早上他起床起得迟。 The BBC are not often late with the news. 英国广播公司通常能及时播报新闻。 There is a charge of ￡ 50 if you are over a week late with your payment. 如果你的付款拖延超过一周就要多付 50英镑。 1. 我们今天午饭吃得迟。 We had a late lunch today. We were late with lunch today.

Late by talks about time. Late for talks about what. I was late by 15 minutes. I was late for my dental appointment.

2009年5月28日 · be late to 后接的是动词，表示做这个动作稍晚，迟。例： “Why were you late to school this morning? “今天早上你为什么上学迟到？” 经常同以 too late to do sth 这种形式出现，表示：做什么太晚了。例： It is never too late to learn. 学习从来不嫌迟。 …

2016年6月1日 · 很多人查字典只查它的「意思」，注意了，以後不要只查單字翻譯，找有各種詞性例句字典，就能掌握正確用法。 例如學「advise」這個字，不要只查出它是勸告、忠告之外，也搞清楚它名詞是advice，還有ill-advised（輕率的）和well-advised（穩妥的）的用法。 NO.3：沒有時間感. 他會遲到五分鐘。 He will be late by 5 minutes. （O） I will be 5 minutes late. （O） 我從小就認識他了。 I know him since I was a child. （X）

2011年7月26日 · Of these three choices, I prefer the first. You must log in or register to reply here. Can you tell me which one is proper way of saying be late for something? I was more than 10 minutes late for class. I was late for class for more than 10...

2024年8月31日 · Learn the correct usage of "We will be late by 30 minutes" and "We will be late 30 minutes" in English. Discover differences, examples, alternatives and tips for choosing the right phrase.

2019年7月8日 · For example, I need to be at a place at 7:00, but got there at 8:00. Can I say "I got there late by an hour"? I know a more commonly used expression is "I was an hour late", but for now I only want to know whether the one I suggested is correct.

The prepositions “to” or “for” are often interchangeable in regards to discuss being late for an event, occasion, meeting or some other scheduled pursuit. It is not common to use “late to” in the present or future tenses.

2008年12月22日 · The expression is late by 3 hours and, as Panj. says, this is a measure of his lateness. The arriving in Redgiant's original sentence, moderates late. The comma in ' he was late, arriving by 3 hours' makes the arriving moderate the subject, he. For this reason you break the link between late and by, which makes the sentence meaningless.