latter
['lætə]
adj.后者的, 后面的
例句与用法:
Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter (one).
很多人都赞成前一种办法,但我个人喜欢後一种。
One can travel there by ship or plane. Most people choose the latter.
乘船或乘飞机都可以到那,人们多选择后者。
Man differs from beasts in that the former is able to laugh, while the latter aren't.
人不同于野兽,因前者能笑,而后者却不能。
The latter, as the name suggests, are used to record any changes in the tilt of the land.
后者,顾名思义,是用来记录任何土地斜度的变化。
Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse.
珍和玛丽是好朋友,前者是老师,后者是护士。
In the latter years of his life he lived alone and never welcomed visitors.
他晚年独居,从不欢迎来访者。
Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.
这两个人中,前者已死,而后者仍然活着。
词形变化:
副词: latterly |
a.[B]
1. 后面的; 后半的; 末了的
This latter point was of great importance.
后面这点极为重要。
2. (两者中)后者的
Here are Tom and David; the latter is my brother.
这是汤姆和戴维; 后者是我的兄弟。
3. 最近的; 现今的
His health has been deteriorating in these latter years.
最近几年他的健康越来越差。
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■"It's not a nostalgic film,"Herzog said the latter.
"这并不是一部怀旧影片,"赫说道.
■Yours 24th accepted provided shipment latter half november.
24日贵电可以接受,但装船须安排在11月下旬。
■Holttum in 1925, and the latter was collected from Malaysia by W.
Holttum于1925年采自新加坡; 后者由W.
■Three days latter, somebody knocked on the door.
三天后,又有人来敲门。
■The latter finding is of special interest to scientists.
上述的最后一项发现最令科学家感到有趣。
■Of the two the latter is far better than the former.
两者中后者比前者好得多。
■Of the two, the former is better than the latter.
两者之中前者较后者为佳。
■One can travel by ship or plane. Most people choose the latter.
乘船或乘飞机去均可,人们多取后者。
■One can travel there by ship or plane. Most people choose the latter.
乘船或乘飞机都可以到那,人们多选择后者。
■Of the two the latter is better than the former.
二者中后者比前者好。
■Man differs from beasts in that the former is able to laugh, while the latter aren't.
人不同于野兽,因前者能笑,而后者却不能。
■They should not be treated as the latter.
人们不该以后者的标准去要求她。
■When was the latter elevated to cathedral status?
什么时候升格为大教堂?
■There might be more rain in the latter half of this year.
今年下半年可能有更多的降雨。
■Logic says that this latter case is a problem.
从逻辑上说,后面这种情况有些问题。
■Their recommendations for the latter two groups will probably work.
他们为后两组人群所提出的建议可能管用。
■They will be back at the latter end of May.
他们将于五月底回来。
■They essentially rule out the latter.
他们根本上排除了[否定了]后者[的存在]。
■They will enter into this question sometime latter .
他们稍后一点讨论这个问题。
■They all support the former idea, but I prefer the latter one.
他们都支持前一种想法,但我却比较喜欢后一种。
■He wrote a paper which would be published probably at latter Lammas.
他写了一篇可能永远也不会发表的论文。
■He drank hard during the latter part of his life.
他后半生酗酒。
■He presented two solutions. The latter seems much better.
他提出了两个解决方案,后一个看起来要好得多。
■Did he walk or swim ? The latter seems unlikely.
他是散步还是游泳?后者看来不太可能。
■In the latter years of his life he lived alone and never welcomed visitors.
他晚年独居,从不欢迎来访者。
■He spent his latter part of his life in Shanghai.
他的后半生是在上海度过的。
■He spent the latter half of his life in Oxford.
他的后半生是在牛津度过的。
■The latter half of his essay contains penetrating observations.
他的论文后半部有精辟的看法。
■Between hormones and worms, I prefer to believe in the latter.
以激动素和虫而论,我还是要相信后者。
■Between hormones and worms,I prefer to believe in the latter.
以激动素和虫而论,我还是要相信后者。
■But the latter, at least, might irritate Colombians too.
但是后一种做法,很有可能,至少会把哥伦比亚人民也惹怒。
■But it always annuls the latter.
但是它总是废弃后者。
■You may collate the latter with the earlier edition.
你可将新版与旧版相对照。
■You see she hides nothing, unlike the latter.
你知道她什么也不隐瞒,不像后者。
■The latter asked if Aristides had wronged him.
关于“陶片放逐”有另外一个有趣的故事,讲得是克利斯提尼以后的一个雅典政治家:阿里斯蒂德(Aristides)。
■The latter did not show any symptom of the disease.
其丈夫并没有出现病徵。
■The latter is more desirable.
其中后者更具合理性。
■His inaction on the latter request was held to be a "final" order.
农业部长对后一个要求的不行为被裁定为是"最后的"命令。
■Years latter, they bought a second bouse.
几年以后,他们又买了一栋房子.
■Levin belonged to the latter sort.
列文就属于后一种人。
■Of course the latter is more expensive.
列车员: 当然点菜要贵一些。
■Former strength is slow, latter is antipodal.
前者性子慢,后者正相反。
■The former is a painter and the latter is a composer.
前者是一名画家,而后者是一名作曲家。
■The former is downstream speed, while the latter is upstream speed.
前者是下行速度,后者是上行速度。
■The former is surrender; the latter is victory.
前者是放弃,而后者是胜利。
■The former is the honest and the latter the dishonest way.
前者是正派的路线,后者是不正派的路线。
■The former is called visible trade,and the latter,invisible trade.
前者称为有形贸易,而后者则称为无形贸易。
■Ears - Cropped or uncropped, the latter preferred.
剪耳或不剪耳,不剪耳更好。
■In the bustle and show of the latter was his only relief.
只有在熙熙攘攘气派豪华的酒店里,他才能得些安慰。
■Also, the latter is more effective than papain.
同样,细菌酶较之木瓜蛋白酶也更有效。