How do you come to be so late?

你怎么这么晚？

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By the time he realizes he has walked into a trap, it'll be too late for him to do anything about it.

当他意识到自己已经落入陷阱时，做什么都已经为时过晚了。

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It may be too late to do anything—quite too late.

做任何事情都可能太迟了——太迟了。

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Still, he worries that it could be too late to do what is necessary.

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