adj. （两者之中的）后者的；末期的，后期的
n. （两者之间的）后者（the latter）
【名】 （Latter）（英、德、捷）拉特（人名）
1.Measured by saved lives, the latter is almost certainly the better course.
以被挽救的生命来衡量，后者几乎必定是更好的选择。
2."Have no fear," said the latter to his master.
“别怕。”后者对他的主人说。
3.Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do.
医院教学的原因从防止孩子落后和保持学校的习惯到让孩子被占着，而后者往往是老师所能做的事情。
4.The village had a reputation as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
这个村子曾经被称为现代版的邪恶之城所多玛和蛾摩拉城。
5.The town has a concert hall and two theatres. The latter were both built in the 1950s.
这座城市有一个音乐厅和两个剧院。这两个剧院都是在20世纪50年代建成的。
6.The latter point is the most important.
后面提及的那一点是最重要的。
7.To be frank, I prefer the former to the latter.
坦白来讲，比起后者，我更喜欢前者。
8.I lean toward the latter view.
我倾向于后一种观点。
9.The windows would probably have been crafted in the latter part of the Middle Ages.
这些窗户可能是中世纪后期精制而成。