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单词 latter-day
释义
latter-day
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlæt.ə.deɪ/us
/ˈlæt̬.ɚ.deɪ/
used to refer to apersonor thing that issimilarto someone or something thatexistedin the past:
（与过去的人或事物）相像的；当今的
theevilactionsof a latter-day Caligula现世卡利古拉（古罗马暴君）的暴行
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(Definition oflatter-dayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

latter-day| American Dictionary

latter-day
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈlæt̬·ər ˌdeɪ/
being a new orrecentformof apersonor thing from the past:
Heactslike a latter-daycowboyarmedwithideas.
Latter-day can alsomeanof thepresenttime:
To manyjournalists, hisstandagainst thenewspapermade him a latter-dayhero.
(Definition oflatter-dayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflatter-day

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But de-personalized consumerism gives way, in disturbingly direct fashion, to that which ourlatter-daylotus-eaters would most willingly forget.
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She spells us a story of one plant's journey from exclusion from the language of flowers to alatter-dayreinstatement in romantic botanical discourse.
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But for uslatter-dayfolk it is not so simple.
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Interacting withlatter-daymusical automata.
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Nonetheless, the attitude towards books and their use, as well as the orientation towards learning of both teachers and priestly students, are the products of alatter-day, literate print culture.
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Interacting with thelatter-daymusical automaton.
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There is a danger of the world relapsing into a form oflatter-daymercantilism.
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We have a dampness andlatter-daydereliction problem which destroys choice for thousands of ordinary tenants.
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The taking up of ships from trade is nolatter-dayphenomenon.
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Thislatter-daygold rush, this hunger for materials, is now having extremely brutal social and environmental repercussions and is continuing to fuel wars and corruption.
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The members of the consortium, theselatter-dayhighway robbers, are charging £2.35 for this service.
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My constituents, too, see the bus companies aslatter-dayhighway robbers.
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First, there is a danger that we tend to bring alatter-dayimperialism to such a debate.
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He is alatter-dayconvert to the cause.
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We have seenlatter-dayattempts to mitigate the effect of the tax on the industry.
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