1.近来；最近；不久前 You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago.
2.新近卸任；最近离任 You can use lately to refer to the job a person has been doing until recently.
英英释义
1.in the recent past
e.g. he was in Paris recently lately the rules have been enforced as late as yesterday she was fine feeling better of late the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also
