Latter
['lætə] or ['lætɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the second of two or the second mentioned of two; 'Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today'.
(adj.) referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); 'in the latter case' .
整理:马提--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
(a.) Of two things, the one mentioned second.
(a.) Recent; modern.
(a.) Last; latest; final.
迪克整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Last mentioned (of two).[2]. Recent, modern.
整理:莉莲
解釋/意思:
adj. later: coming or existing after: mentioned the last of two: modern: recent: (Shak.) last.—adjs. Latt′er-born (Shak.) younger; Latt′er-day belonging to recent times.—adv. Latt′erly in latter time: of late.—Latter-day saints (see Mormon); Latter end (see End); Latter-mint a late kind of mint.—The former and the latter rain (see Rain).
伊诺克校對
例句/造句/用法:
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Aye, very true, my dear, cried the latter, though Jane had not spoken a wordI was just going to say the same thing. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I trust the former, answered her father hopefully; but I dread the latter. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This latter task was becoming more and more difficult, for the blacks had taken to hiding their supply away at night in granaries and living huts. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- James, of New York, the latter being probably its real inventor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The Laputians' great improvements in the latter. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But, the latter application was by no means a success, causing Mr Fledgeby to scream, and to cry out, 'Oh my eye! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The latter is the element that we breathe and which passes into the body, there to combine with the impurities resulting from the various life activities. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The latter was then about a mile long. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In the latter certain parts of the gun were wrapped with wire in the form of a ribbon. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The latter place was a large, comfortable dwelling, beautifully situated among woods about a mile to the northeast of Chesterfield. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The firm of Boulton and Watt had a successful career, and in time the sons of the two partners took the latters’ places. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
整理:丽纳