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后面的,末了的;后者的;最近的,现今的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Latter \Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[ae]tter, compar. of lat late.
See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something
else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter
rain.
2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
The difference between reason and revelation, and in
what sense the latter is superior. --I. Watts.
3. Recent; modern.
Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,
whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.
4. Last; latest; final. [R.] ``My latter gasp.'' --Shak.
{Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest.
{Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year.
--Shak.
资料来源 : WordNet®
latter
adj : referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned
(or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter
case" [syn: {latter(a)}] [ant: {former(a)}]
latter
n : the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and
Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered
today" [ant: {former}]