later /ˈleɪtə(r)/► SEE ALLlater onsee you (around)see you latersooner or latersooner rather than later ●later ˈon (informal) at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about后来；随后；过些时候◆I’m going out later on. 我过一会儿要外出。◆Much later on, she realized what he had meant. 过了好长时间，她才明白他的意思。●ˈsee you (aˈround)●ˌsee you ˈlater ( (I’ll) be ˈseeing you) (spoken) used to say goodbye to sb who you expect to see again soon再见；回见●ˌsooner or ˈlaterat some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when迟早；早晚有一天◆The police will find him sooner or later.警方早晚会找到他的。●ˌsooner rather than ˈlaterafter a short time rather than after a long time赶早不赶晚；及早◆We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.我们敦促他们及早解决那个问题。