高考常用高频词组 the former…the latter
释义:
the former…the latter 做名词后跟 of 前者 后者
例句:
At a signal from the former the latter would step aside, the plank would tilt and the condemned man go down between two ties.
只要上尉示意,中士往旁一站,木板一倾犯人就会从枕木之间坠下去。
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。
Many support the former plan, but personally I favour the latter one.
很多人赞同第一种方案,但我更倾向后第二种。
To be frank, I prefer the former to the latter.
坦白来讲,比起后者,我更喜欢前者。
The former appear to drive Luises, the latter Palomas.
前者似乎开的是路易斯,后者驾驶的是帕洛马斯。
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。
The former is wonderful but the latter I can't abide.
前者的确很美味,但是后面的那个我实在不能忍受。
What we like about working in China, where the visa issuance rate is 80 percent, is that we can spend more time doing the former than the latter.
我们喜欢在中国工作是因为当签证的通过率高达80%的时候,我们可以花更多的时间去满足前者的要求。
The former should pass all the time; the latter should pass to the degree that customers require.
前者应该在任何时候都通过,而后者应该达到客户所要求的程度。
The corporation promoted the latter while reprimanding the former!
这家公司提拔了后者,训斥了前者!
Academia is teeming with people who are the former but not the latter.
大学院校中到处都是具备前者而不具备后者的人。