The former are considered to be homologous with the sepals of ranunculus . 一般认为,前者的花瓣与毛茛属植物花萼同源。
In spite of the very close affinity between the variational theorems and the principle of virtual work, the study of the former is worth-while . 尽管变分定理与虚功原理之间有很紧密的相似关系,然而对前者的研究仍然是有价值的。
She might be said to have two strings to her bow. she has rushworth-feelings, and crawford-feelings, and in the vicinity of sotherton, the former had considerable effect . 可以说,她是一把琴弓两根弦。她的情肠一半属于罗什渥兹,一半属于克劳福特,到索色顿附近以后,属于前者的那部分情肠大大地作用起来。
I prefer the former design to the latter 我比较喜欢前者的设计方案,不喜欢后者。
In other words , about one fourth as many lines 换句话说,行数大约只有前者的四分之一。
前者: the former的: 4次方是 The fourth power of 2 i ...我比较喜欢前者的设计方案: joan and jane are sisters.the former is a pianist the latter is a singer否前者: not as…as前者要考虑: economic decision vs. statistical decision强调前者: as well as前者是钢琴家: of pigs and cows the former is less valuable前者作表语用: attributive ective后者总是强前者: so…as前者是低层次词汇: brotherly fraternal意义与前者类似: eg. ninetynine out of a hundredd这要比前者好得多: far from it编者的: of or done by an editor读者的: reader's后者的: latter患者的: acromegalic两者的: both他者的: by other学者的: scholastic著者的: authorial作者的: auctorial; author's而其结果,后者总是战胜前者。: there are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen互相不为条件,对于前者: event助攻(前者动词后者名词): assistant/assistance败者的复赛: repechage