Iwas five minutes late for the train. 我晚了5分钟，没赶上火车。

句子中的late 是形容词，用作表语。late 前面的 fiveminutes 为状语。类似的例子如：

He is a head taller than I. 他比我高一个头。

The train was ten minutes early. 火车早到了10分钟。

She is four years younger than her sister. 她比她姐姐小4岁。

Your shoes are two yuan cheaper than mine. 你的鞋子比我的便宜两块钱。

Baoding is four hours away from Beijingby train. 乘火车从北京去保定要4个小时。