later

详细解释:ad. 以后, 随后
相关词组:
no later than
a week later
later on

词意辨析：

afterward(s), later

这两个副词均有“后来，以后”之意。
afterward(s): 指一整段时间之后，一般不分具体时间，强调事物的先后顺序。
later: 常指一个具体的时间点之后，侧重“迟、推迟”。

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：

形容词 later:

coming at a subsequent time or stage同义词：future, ulterior