2022九年级英语词汇相似词辨析：later与latter思维导图

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.

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。

请注意，latter只能用于指两样事物的场合，如指三样或三样以上的`东西，应该用 last去指代最后的事物，不能用latter.

Latter的副词是latterly，但此字罕用，一般用lately 或recently代替。latter-day(近代的;现代的)以及his latter end(他的死亡)都是陈旧的用语，现已很少使用。