The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests.
唯一的办法就是请他们比别的客人晚来半小时。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 60 Too early and too late
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满（…岁）;
int. 嗨！;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
adj. 一半的，半个的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱;（比赛、音乐会等的）半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义：mid, midway, partially, semi
反义：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
n. 小时，钟头;时间，时刻;固定时间;课时;
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰时间，城市的交通混乱不堪。
近义：time, date
later
['letɚ]
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;
"He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later."
他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
近义：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following
反义：precedent, prevenient, previous, prior, forefatherly, advance