The timetable for trains is so tight that if one is a bit late, the domino effect is enormous.

列车时刻表安排得很紧凑，所以，如果一列火车晚点一会儿，就会引起巨大的多米诺效应。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Actually, I'll be a bit late home.

说真的，我回家会晚一点。

《牛津词典》

"Tha's a bit late," she said.

“你有点晚了。”她说。

youdao

Skinner came a bit late into this but the reason why we've heard of Skinner and why Skinner is so well known is he packaged these notions.

斯金纳算是这一学派中的晚辈了,但是何斯金纳能够被我们所熟知,能够声名远播的原因就在于,他将这些观点进行了一番整理。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And so, he has put this chemistry to use in this robotic arm and they call it Fido, because often dogs are the creatures that have to go out and detect these things, and it's not a great job if you're a dog to be sent out to see whether there was an explosive and discover yes, there was, a little bit too late.

因为通常都是派狗去检查这些东西,这个不是个好工作，如果你是一只狗,被派去检查是否有爆炸物，然后你发现有,那就来不及了,所以用机器手检查化学物质。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

New pipelines, ports and storage are now being built, but it is all a bit late.

ECONOMIST: A liberalised market is put to the test

But sometimes I feel like I got started a bit late for my age group.

FORBES: Why Family Wealth Is A Curse

It's probably a bit late to call this one "getting out of hand, " but, well, it is.

ENGADGET: Girl's missing iPod case headed for Judge Judy?