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latter 音标拼音: [l'ætɚ] a. 后面的,末了的;后者的;最近的,现今的 後面的,末了的;後者的;最近的,现今的 latter adj 1: referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned ( or the last one or ones of several); " in the latter case" [ ant: { former( a)}] n 1: 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}] Late \ Late\ ( l[= a] t), a. [ Compar. { Later} ( l[= a] t"[~ e] r), or { latter} ( l[ a^] t" t[~ e] r); superl. { Latest} ( l[= a] t"[ e^] st) or { Last} ( l[. a] st).] [ OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[ ae] t; akin to OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See { Let} to permit, and cf. { Alas}, { Lassitude}.] 1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. [ 1913 Webster] The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Recent; modern. [ 1913 Webster] Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania? -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Last; latest; final. [ R.] " My latter gasp." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest. { Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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