late / lately / later / latest / latter

1. late 意为“迟；晚”， 可作形容词，也可作副词。

2. lately 意为“近来；最近”， 副词，一般用于现在完成时或现在完成进行时。

3. later 意为“后来；随后”， 是副词

4. latest 意为“最近的；最新的”， latest是late的最高级形式；用作形容词，只放在名词前。

5. latter 意为“后期的；末期的”， 形容词。

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1·The latter point is the most important.

后面提及的那一点是最重要的。《牛津词典》

2·He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.

他追踪找到了他的堂兄和叔叔。后者病了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·The exercises can be fun and a good warm-up for the latter part of the programme.

这些练习很有趣，还可以为后面的课程做热身准备。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter.

他们设法解决供电和供水的连接问题。前者与后者相比证明很简单。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·The latter is especially important.

后者尤为重要。

7·Have no fear, said the latter to his master.

“别怕。”后者对他的主人说。

8·To be frank, I prefer the former to the latter.

坦白来讲，比起后者，我更喜欢前者。

9·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。

10·I prefer the latter, because I feel that it's much more convenient and cheaper.

我更喜欢后者，因为我觉得它更方便，更便宜。

后者的

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·Get more of the former and less of the latter by setting aside your need for their cash.

把你对金钱的需求先藏起来那么一会儿，以让他们获得更多的前者，更少的后者。

3·The former replaces the whole node (the old node is deleted), whereas the latter replaces only the content of a node.

前者替换整个节点(旧的节点被删除)，而后者只替换节点的内容。

4·Analytics tooling is joined at the hip with export tooling, as the latter is intrinsic in actually being able to do something useful with your data once you've run your analytics.

分析工具和导出工具就像是连体婴儿，在您进行数据分析时，后者实际上本身就可以做一些对数据分析有帮助的事。

5·In even the most primitive development shop, the implementation of the latter starts by copying the last instance built or some existing archetype.

即使在最初级的开发团队中，后者的实现也是从复制最新构建的实例或某个现有体系结构类型开始的。

后面的

1·I was of the latter group. You may be too.

我就是后面的一组，你可能也是。

2·If we judge by the latter criterion, then we are focusing on results, not on procedural progress.

如果我们用后面的情况判断，我们就会集中在结果上，而不是在程序和过程上。

3·This latter scenario is not a complete backup and restore of the original database.

后面的这种情况并不是原始数据库的备份和恢复。

4·Since the use of multiple notations should be avoided, the latter assertion would seem to strengthen the case for leveraging UML as the common notation for both enterprise and project architecture.

既然应该避免使用多样的符号，那么后面的论述将着重展示一个利用UML作为企业和项目架构的通用符号的情况。

5·These latter components compose the main bulk of the underlying price tag.

后面的这几个成分组成了基础价格的主要部分。

近来的

1·Samadhi means concentration, or the results of concentration. In the latter sense, some teachers prefer the broader definition, collectedness.

回上定意即专注或专注的结果，近来的理念中，有些老师喜欢用「不散乱」这种较为广泛的定义。

较后的

1·Then, the change will occur - or that seeking will make the definite change - in the latter portion of the present year.

于是，变化将出现-或那寻求将做明确的变化-在目前较后的部分。

(1)latter half下半时

(1)latter endn. 结束部分；末端；死