摘要：Sorry I'm late – I overslept. (对不起，我迟了——我睡过头了。)[朗文当代英语词典]

英语表达也是能省就省，这就如同汉语“我迟到了”省掉动词“到”而变成“我迟了”，英语同样有I am late， 如

【例句1】I'm sorry I'm late. （对不起，我迟了。）[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句2】Sorry I'm late – I overslept. (对不起，我迟了——我睡过头了。)[朗文当代英语词典]

【例句3】Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic. (对不起，我迟到了。我被交通堵住了。 )[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句4】We were a little late. （我们有点晚了。） [柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句5】You're half an hour late.（你迟到了半个小时。 ） [朗文当代英语词典]

【例句6】He's a half hour late. （他迟到了半个小时。）[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

也可以拓展到“非人”，如

【例句7】This train is always late. （这列火车总是晚点。 ） [剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句8】The train was 40 minutes late. （火车晚点了40分钟。） [柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句9】The train was even later than usual. （火车甚至比平时晚。）[朗文当代英语词典]

【例句10】Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year. （由于天气寒冷，今年作物晚一些。 ） [牛津高级学者辞典]

动作名词作主语，late作表语很自然，如

【例句11】My flight was an hour late. （我的航班晚点了一个小时。） [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句12】The harvest was late this year because of the rain.（由于下雨，今年的收割晚了。） [朗文当代英语词典]

it可以代时间，所以有it is late, 如

【例句13】It's late – I'd better go home. （很晚了，我最好回家。）[朗文当代英语词典]

【例句14】It was very late and the streets were deserted. （很晚了，街上空无一人。）[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句15】Look at the time—it's much later than I thought. （看看时间——比我想象的要晚得多。）[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句16】It was late at night. （那是深夜。） [剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句17】Is that the time? I'd no idea it was so late. （那是时间吗？我不知道这么晚了。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句18】Let's go home—it's getting late. （我们回家吧，时间不早了。） [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句19】We've got to go now. It's getting late. （我们得走了。时间不早了。） [柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句20】As it was getting late, I decided to book into a hotel. （天色已晚，我决定预订一家酒店。） [剑桥高级学者辞典]

来源：诺旗教育