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单词 latter
释义
latter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlæt.ər/us
/ˈlæt̬.ɚ/
B2
near or towards the end of something:
后半程的，靠后的，末尾的
Building of the newlibraryshouldbeginin the latterpartof nextyear.新图书馆的建设应该在明年下半年开工。
In the latterstagesof thefighthebegantotire.到那场拳击赛的后半段他开始支持不住了。
Opposite
former
More examples
  • She wasbornin the latterhalfof the 18thcentury.
  • The latterhalfof theplaywas moreinteresting.
  • He waskilledin the latterstagesof thewar.
  • The latterpartof thebookwashardestto write.
  • Theproblemsarosein the latterpartof theproject..
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Final and finally
  • antepenultimate
  • as a last resortidiom
  • at the end of the dayidiom
  • back end
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • eventual
  • eventually
  • final
  • finally
  • hear/see the last ofsomethingidiom
  • last
  • last chance saloon
  • last-ditch
  • lastly
  • latest
  • non-final
  • the lastsomeoneheard/saw ofsomeone/somethingidiom
  • ultimate
  • ultimately
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latter
noun[S]
uk
/ˈlæt.ər/us
/ˈlæt̬.ɚ/
the latter
B2
the second of twopeople, things, orgroupspreviouslymentioned:
（提及的两者中的）后者
Sheofferedme moremoneyor acarand Ichosethe latter.她提出给我更多的钱或者一辆汽车，我选择了后者。
Opposite
former
not standard
the last of more than twopeople, things, orgroupspreviouslymentioned
（已提及的两个以上的人、事物或群体中的）最后一个
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Final and finally
  • antepenultimate
  • as a last resortidiom
  • at the end of the dayidiom
  • back end
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • eventual
  • eventually
  • final
  • finally
  • hear/see the last ofsomethingidiom
  • last
  • last chance saloon
  • last-ditch
  • lastly
  • latest
  • non-final
  • the lastsomeoneheard/saw ofsomeone/somethingidiom
  • ultimate
  • ultimately
See more results »
(Definition oflatterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

latter| American Dictionary

latter
noun[U]
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us
/ˈlæt̬·ər/

latternoun[U](SECOND)

the second of twopeople, things, orgroupspreviouslymentioned:
Hedirected"The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind,"receivinganOscarfor the latter.
latter
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈlæt̬·ər/

latteradjective[not gradable](END)

near or toward the end of something:
He was in thenewsduring the latterpartof the Watergatescandal.
(Definition oflatterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In line with previous findings, the former group progressed faster in learning to read the visual list while thelatterlearned the phonetic list faster.
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Thelatterresponse is reinforced in us by our obligation to stand in solidarity with victims of wrongdoing against those who have wronged them.
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Thelatterinclude intelligent agents, natural language understanding and processing, reasoning strategies, and knowledge representations and ontologies.
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We incline to think that thelatterchange, in contrast to the former, represents a cognitive improvement in our condition.
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Thelatterwill, however, probably gather more substance from following industry reports than this book.
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Thus, thelattermethod is more appropriate to appraise a party's regional electoral strength.
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Members of the former group were all receiving treatment for an eating disorder, whereas members of thelattergroup were recruited from psychology classes.
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Thelatterhad formulated their opinions after a maximum of six months' teaching experience, the former after many years in the classroom.
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Such symbolic associations are 'ideological' through and through, though thislatterword is problematic.
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Thislatterapproach is favoured in semantical investigations as it renders no proof-theoretical problems when forming term models.
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Thelattertwo of these are relatively straightforward.
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Thelatteris a sequent calculus that needs none of the standard structural rules of weakening, contraction or cut.
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Thelattercase also suffers secondary bifurcation for some values of the relevant parameters of the problem.
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A policy with thelatterproperty equalises the income among individuals with the same relevant characteristic by using only transfers among these individuals.
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Thelatteris illustrated by a vertical bar in figure 4, which gives the span of results obtained in recent lock-exchange experiments.
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