英['lætə(r)]美['lætər]
记忆方法
联想记忆法
late迟到；-ter人。迟到的人都是【后来者】，迟到的要坐到【后面】。
adjective(形容词)noun(名词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)noun(名词)
小知识
When you are comparing two things, the first one is known as the former and the second as the latter. For example, George Bush and George W. Bush were both U. S. presidents. The latter was the son of the former.
The word latter is really a form of later meaning “more recent” or “that which came after.” The latter recording of a band refers to the one made more recently. It also can refer to a later time, near the end. If someone is in the latter stages of a disease, the disease has just about run its course and the person is about to die.
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单词用法
词语辨析
latter,late。这两个词共同的意思是“较晚的”“较后的”。它们的区别是：
1.late指在一个具体时间之后；而latter指一段时间或一个时期的“后一半的”“接近终了的”，还可以指在时间或顺序上的“后者的”“近来的”。
例如She returned in the late afternoon她下午很晚才返回来。
He mentioned it in the latter part of his speech.他在演讲的后面提到了它。
2.late只能用于时间；latter则除了可以用于时间外，还可以用于顺序。
例如The train was ten minutes late.那趟火车晚了10分钟。
Of the pig and the cow,the latter is more valuable.猪和牛相比，后者更有价值。
3.latter只能用于名词之前作定语，而late还可用作表语。
1.late指在一个具体时间之后；而latter指一段时间或一个时期的“后一半的”“接近终了的”，还可以指在时间或顺序上的“后者的”“近来的”。
例如She returned in the late afternoon她下午很晚才返回来。
He mentioned it in the latter part of his speech.他在演讲的后面提到了它。
2.late只能用于时间；latter则除了可以用于时间外，还可以用于顺序。
例如The train was ten minutes late.那趟火车晚了10分钟。
Of the pig and the cow,the latter is more valuable.猪和牛相比，后者更有价值。
3.latter只能用于名词之前作定语，而late还可用作表语。
单词解说
来自late的比较级形式。
反义单词
former adj.前者的；之前
反义词
adj.后面的;最近的;后者的