| back number | n 1. (of magazine etc) keluaran kebelakangan; 2. (sl) old-fashioned person, (orang yg) /kolot, kuno, ketinggalan zaman/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lately | adv 1. recently, up until now, (sejak) /akhir-akhir, kebelakangan/ ini: I’ve been very busy ~ and haven’t been able to do it, saya sangat sibuk sejak akhir-akhir ini dan tdk dapat membuatnya; 2. (fml) until recently, sebelum ini: Prof. Jones ~ of Chicago is now at Colombia, Prof. Jones yg sebelum ini di Universiti Chicago sekarang di Universiti Colombia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| experience | vt 1. undergo, mengalami: the country has ~d great changes recently, negara itu telah mengalami perubahan-perubahan besar kebelakangan ini; 2. feel, merasai, mengalami: to ~ pleasure, merasai nikmat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| languish | vi 1. lose vitality, become weaker, menjadi lembap; (of plants) menjadi layu: for sometime now manufacturing has ~ed, sejak kebelakangan ini perkilangan menjadi lembap; after he left, the conversation ~ed, selepas dia pergi, perbualan menjadi lembap; the flowers ~ed in the heat, bunga menjadi layu di tengah panas; 2. pine for so., st, berasa rindu: to ~ for love and sympathy, berasa rindu akan kasih dan simpati; 3. suffer deprivation, menderita: he was left to ~ in prison, dia dibiarkan menderita di dlm penjara; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lapse | vi 1. fall short, a. (of high standards) berkurang, menurun: standards in performance have ~d in recent years, mutu persembahan berkurang sejak tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini; b. (in o’s moral life) menyeleweng: don’t adopt such a holier-than-thou attitude for occassionally you too can ~ from it, jangan ambil sikap yg kamu lebih suci drpd orang lain krn kadang kala kamu boleh menyeleweng juga; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lax | adj 1. negligent, not strict, a. (of rules etc) tdk /ketat, longgar/: ~ security, kawalan tdk ketat; the regulations were ~ and supervision minimal, peraturan tdk ketat dan pengawasannya sangat sedikit; b. of a person’s, i. (performance) tdk tegas: lately, the teacher has been ~ and standards have slipped, kebelakangan ini, guru itu tdk tegas dan mutu pelajaran telah menurun; ii. (attitude towards looks) cuai menjaga: she has become ~ about her appearance, dia cuai menjaga rupanya; iii. morals, rendah; 2. (of bowels) lawas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| glut | n 1. oversupply, lebihan, kebanjiran: the government compensated the wheat farmers to avoid a ~ in the market, kerajaan memberikan pampasan kpd petani-petani gandum utk mengelakkan lebihan dlm pasaran; 2. too great a quantity, membanjiri: there’s been a ~ of detective programmes on TV lately, rancangan-rancangan penyiasatan membanjiri televisyen kebelakangan ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fill | 10. occupy an office, mengisi: I think he will ~ the post satisfactorily, saya rasa dia akan dapat mengisi jawatan itu dgn memuaskan; 11. cause to be packed, memenuhkan, menyebabkan [sst] penuh: for the past few weeks this film has been ~ing the cinemas all over the country, beberapa minggu kebelakangan ini, filem ini telah memenuhkan panggung-panggung di seluruh negeri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| latter | adj 1. the second mentioned of two, kedua: of the two plays, Hamlet and Macbeth, I prefer the ~, antara dua lakonan itu, Hamlet dan Macbeth, saya lebih menyukai yg kedua;2. belonging to a later time or period, akhir: the ~ part of the novel is set in Greece, bahagian akhir novel itu berlatarkan Greece; he did a lot of travelling in the ~ part of last year, dia banyak berjalan pd akhir tahun lepas; the ~ years of his life, pd tahun-tahun akhir hayatnya; the ~ part of the year, setengah tahun kedua; 3. recent, present, /akhir-akhir, kebelakangan/ ini: life has changed considerably for her in these ~ days, hidupnya banyak berubah akhir-akhir ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| late | ~ in the day, a. at too advanced a stage, sudah /terlewat, terlambat/: your suggestion came a bit ~ in the day, cadangan kamu itu sudah agak terlambat; b. at a late stage, towards the end, lewat: reinforcement that arrived ~ in the day helped win the battle, bantuan ketenteraan yg tiba lewat membantu mereka menang dlm pertempuran itu; ~ in life, lewat, lambat: she married ~ in life, dia kahwin lewat; as ~ as, sehingga: as ~ as yesterday, he hadn’t made up his mind whether to go or not, sehingga semalam pun dia belum memutuskan sama ada hendak pergi atau tdk; of ~, (sejak) /akhir-akhir, kebelakangan/ ini: he has been very moody of ~, dia kelihatan murung akhir-akhir ini. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |