一、释义不同
1、lately:新近,近来。
示例:Dad's health hasn't been too good lately.
译文:爸爸的健康状况近来不太好。
2、recently:最近,不久前。
示例:The bank recently opened a branch in Germany.
译文:这家银行最近在德国开设了分行。
二、语法不同
1、lately:lately通常用于否定句或疑问句。
2、recently:recently通常用于肯定句。
三、用法不同
1、lately:lately在非正式情景下用的比较多。
2、recently:recently可用现在进行时表示本阶段“正在”持续的动作或者用现在完成时表示近阶段“到目前为止”的动作。
lately:
Dad's health hasn't been too good lately...
爸爸的健康状况近来不太好。
Bill has been hitting the bottle a lot lately. I think he has problems.
比尔最近老喝醉, 我觉得他可能有什么麻烦.
recently:
It is only fairly recently that historians have begun to investigate the question...
只是到最近历史学家才开始探究这个问题。
There's been a sensible rise in temperatu rerecently.
最近温度明显上升了.