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latter adj.后者的；后面的 (1) 比起后者的设计方案,我更喜欢前者的。(2) 乘船或乘飞机都可以到那,人们多选择后者。(3) 后面提及的那一点是最重要的。(4) 他晚年独居，从不欢迎来访者。 The word latter is really a form of later meaning "more recent" or "that which came after." The latter recording of a band refers to the one made more recently. It also can refer to a later time, near the end. If someone is in the latter stages of a disease, the disease has just about run its course and the person is about to die.

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英 ['lætə(r)] 美 ['lætər] (1) I prefer the former design to the latter.(2) One can travel there by ship or plane. Most people choose the latter.(3) The latter point is the most important.(4) In the latter years of his life he lived alone and never welcomed visitors. When you are comparing two things, the first one is known as the former and the second as the latter. For example, George Bush and George W. Bush were both U. S. presidents. The latter was the son of the former. 1[PRON 代词]（两者之间的）后者 When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the second of them as the latter.   [the PRON]  [ADJ n]He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.他追查到了堂弟和叔叔的下落，发现叔叔这时正在病中。Latter is also an adjective.There are the people who speak after they think and the people who think while they're speaking. Mike definitely belongs in the latter category.有些人开口之前会三思，而有些人想到什么就说什么。迈克绝对属于后者。2[ADJ 形容词]（一个时期或事件）后一半的，接近终了的 You use latter to describe the later part of a period of time or event.   [ADJ n]He is getting into the latter years of his career...他正步入职业生涯的后半程。The latter part of the debate concentrated on abortion.后半部分的辩论集中在堕胎问题上。Usage Note :The latter should only be used to refer to the second of two items which have already been mentioned: Given the choice between working for someone else and being on call day and night for the family business, she'd  prefer the latter. The last of three or more items can be referred to as the last-named. Compare this with the former which is used to talk about the first of two things already mentioned.the latter只能用来表示提到的两者中的后者： Given the choice between working for someone else and being on call day and night for the family business, she'd prefer the latter（在替人打工和为家族生意日夜候命之间，她宁愿选择后者）。指三者或以上事情中的最后一项，可用the last-named。试比较the former，它用于指提到的两者中的前者。

英语单词	latter
英美音标	英 ['lætə(r)] 美 ['lætər]
中文释义	adj.后者的；后面的
英语例句	(1) I prefer the former design to the latter. (2) One can travel there by ship or plane. Most people choose the latter. (3) The latter point is the most important. (4) In the latter years of his life he lived alone and never welcomed visitors.
中文例句	(1) 比起后者的设计方案,我更喜欢前者的。 (2) 乘船或乘飞机都可以到那,人们多选择后者。 (3) 后面提及的那一点是最重要的。 (4) 他晚年独居，从不欢迎来访者。
vocabulary简明	When you are comparing two things, the first one is known as the former and the second as the latter. For example, George Bush and George W. Bush were both U. S. presidents. The latter was the son of the former.
vocabulary扩展	The word latter is really a form of later meaning "more recent" or "that which came after." The latter recording of a band refers to the one made more recently. It also can refer to a later time, near the end. If someone is in the latter stages of a disease, the disease has just about run its course and the person is about to die.
柯林斯解释	1 [PRON 代词]（两者之间的）后者 When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the second of them as the latter. [the PRON] [ADJ n] He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick. 他追查到了堂弟和叔叔的下落，发现叔叔这时正在病中。 Latter is also an adjective. There are the people who speak after they think and the people who think while they're speaking. Mike definitely belongs in the latter category. 有些人开口之前会三思，而有些人想到什么就说什么。迈克绝对属于后者。 2 [ADJ 形容词]（一个时期或事件）后一半的，接近终了的 You use latter to describe the later part of a period of time or event. [ADJ n] He is getting into the latter years of his career... 他正步入职业生涯的后半程。 The latter part of the debate concentrated on abortion. 后半部分的辩论集中在堕胎问题上。 Usage Note : The latter should only be used to refer to the second of two items which have already been mentioned: Given the choice between working for someone else and being on call day and night for the family business, she'd prefer the latter. The last of three or more items can be referred to as the last-named. Compare this with the former which is used to talk about the first of two things already mentioned. the latter只能用来表示提到的两者中的后者： Given the choice between working for someone else and being on call day and night for the family business, she'd prefer the latter（在替人打工和为家族生意日夜候命之间，她宁愿选择后者）。指三者或以上事情中的最后一项，可用the last-named。试比较the former，它用于指提到的两者中的前者。

Prefer People Refer Years Things George Bush [Adj