A tardy arrival is disastrous.

迟到将是灾难性的。

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A tardy apology on May 18th aimed at staving off pressure from fellow MPs that he resign only heightened it.

5月18日姗姗来迟的道歉本是为了缓解来自议员同事要求他辞职的压力，然而却反而使之进一步高涨。

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She says she has been habitually tardy for years — late to everything from concerts to friends' weddings — and once showed up an hour and a half late for a date.

她说，多年来她一直习惯性迟到，从音乐会到朋友婚礼，每件事都迟到，有一次约会还迟到了一个半小时。

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Labour has criticised the Foreign Office for what it said was a tardy and disorganised response to evacuating British nationals from Libya.

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Better a tardy party than none at all.

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Compared with its American counterpart, the Federal Reserve, the ECB under Mr Duisenberg has been a bit tardy in cutting interest rates to reflect the fact that deflation and economic stagnation are now more of a danger in Europe than inflation.

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