释义 |
latter /'laeta(r); 'lsetv/ adj 1 recent; belonging to the end (of a period): 近来的; (一段时期之) 末尾的; 较后的: the ~ half of the year. 下半年。,~ - 'day adj modern. 近代的。 2 (also as 亦用作 pron) the ~, (contrasted with the former) the second of two things or persons already mentioned: (与 the former 相对) 后者: Of these two men the former is dead, but the ~ is still alive. 此二人中前者已死,但后尊仍活着。 ~ly adv of late; nowadays. 近来; 现今。 |