late:迟到。 you are late for class. 你上课迟到了。
lately： 最近。相当于recently。
later： 后来。 i went to shanghai on monday and later went to guangzhou.
latest: 最新的，最近的。常见搭配： latest news
latter： 后者。通常与former相对。 our former english teacher comes from A and the latter B.
