词典释义：
situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning
后半部分的
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the latter half of 1989 .１９８９年下半年。
belonging to the final stages of something, especially of a person's life
（尤指人的生命）最后阶段的
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heart disease dogged his latter years .在他生命的最后几年中，心脏病让他吃了不少苦。
recent
最近的
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the project has had low cash flows in latter years .近年来这个项目现金周转不灵。
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（两者中的）后者，第二个
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the Russians could advance into either Germany or Austria — they chose the latter option 俄国人可以攻入德国或奥地利——他们选择了后者
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[as noun]
the President appoints the Prime Minister and, on the latter's advice, the rest of the government .总统任命总理，并根据后者提议任命其余政府官员。
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the latter 后者
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latter position 后一种立场
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