详细解释:a. 后者的, 较后的, 近来的
相关词组:
the latter
in these latter days
词型变化：
副词:latterly词意辨析：
later, latter这两个字仅差一字之微，词义和使用场合却大相径庭，读音也不一样。
later: 是形容词late的比较形式，表示时间的先后，意为“较后的”、“较新的”，它能作形容词，也能作副词。is it later than eleven?
现在已过了十一点吗？this dictionary is a later edition.
这本字典的版本是比较新的。mr．liang came later than we had expected.
梁先生来得比我们预期的要晚些。we'll come to see you again later.
我们以后再来看你。
latter: 表示事物的先后，意为“后者“，只能作形容词，不能作副词。the latter half of his essay contains penetrating observations.
他的论文后半部有精辟的看法。the former is a hong kong island street map and the latter is a kowloon street map.
前者是一册香港街道图；后者是九龙街道图。英语解释：
名词 latter:
the second of two or the second mentioned of two形容词 latter:
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)例句：
Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter (one).很多人都赞成前一种办法，但我个人喜欢後一种。