latter
柯林斯詞典
1. PRON When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the second of them as the latter. 後者['the' PRON]
He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick. 他追蹤找到了他的堂兄和叔叔。後者病了。
2. ADJ Latter is also an adjective. 後麪的[ADJ n]
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. 有些人先想後說，有些人邊想邊說。邁尅儅然屬於後一類人。
3. ADJ You use latter to describe the later part of a period of time or event. 晚期的[ADJ n]
He is getting into the latter years of his career. 他正進入職業(yè)生涯的晚期。
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latter /?l?t?/
劍橋詞典
- near or towards the end of something
- She was born in the latter half of the 18th century .
- The latter half of the play was more interesting .
- He was killed in the latter stages of the war .
- The latter part of the book was hardest to write.
- The problems arose in the latter part of the project .. 返回 latter
後半程的，靠後的，末尾的
Building of the new library should begin in the latter part of next year . 新圖書館的建設(shè)應(yīng)該在明年下半年開工。
In the latter stages of the fight he began to tire . 到那場拳擊賽的後半段他開始支持不住了。
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