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latter

/lat-er/US // ˈlæt ər //UK // (ˈlætə) //

后者,后一个,后者的,后期

Related Words

recent最近,最近的,近期,近来lag落差,落后,落后于人,落后的last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的modern现代,现代的,现代化的,现代化terminal终端,终端机,终端产品,终端设备second第二,其次,第二个,第二位following以下,以下是,以下为,以下是关于closing关闭,结束,闭幕,结束了final最终,最后,决赛,最后的eventual最终,最终的,最终的结果hindmost后头的,后部,后端,后头rearmost最后,最後,最后一个

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being the second mentioned of two: I prefer the latter offer to the former one.
    • : more advanced in time; later: in these latter days of human progress.
    • : near or comparatively near to the end: the latter part of the century.
    • : Obsolete. last; final.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.latest, concluding
Synonyms
recent最近,最近的,近期,近来closing关闭,结束,闭幕,结束了final最终,最后,决赛,最后的following以下,以下是,以下为,以下是关于lag落差,落后,落后于人,落后的last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的modern现代,现代的,现代化的,现代化second第二,其次,第二个,第二位terminal终端,终端机,终端产品,终端设备eventual最终,最终的,最终的结果hindmost后头的,后部,后端,后头last-mentionedlater后来,以后,之后rearmost最后,最後,最后一个

Examples

  • That latter fear crossed my mind more than once during the evening.

  • In both of these latter cases, their eyes show more focus than fun, like tonight is a job.

  • The former is controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the latter by the government of Israel.

  • The former believed in the role of the state as a provider, while the latter favored an iron fist approach to governance.

  • The trouble was, he alienated Pope Pius VI and Pius VII—the latter he actually arrested.

  • Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

  • Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.

  • The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.

  • Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.

  • He passed the latter part of his life in poverty, and towards the close of it, was confined in a madhouse.

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