他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。
He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.
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。
They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter.
如果是前者,公司的计划是什么?
坦白来讲,比起后者,我更喜欢前者。
人类与动物的不同在于前者能够使用语言。
Human beings differ from animals in that the former is capable of using language.
然而,对于前者而言,你要付出才能得到它。
由于前者在那些倾向于淡漠关系的人群中最为常见,它们的优势可以增强个体的自我价值感。
Since the former is most common among those inclined towards indifferent relationships, their predominance can bolster individuals' sense of self-worth.
前者提供了更多的刺激和便利,而后者提供了一个更干净、更安静、通常也更友好的居住环境。
The former offers more excitement and convenience while the latter offers a cleaner, quieter and often friendlier place to live.
如果前者较大,这个湖就是一个以表层水为主的湖泊;如果是后者,则是一个以渗漏为主的湖泊。
If the former are greater, the lake is a surface-water-dominated lake; if the latter, it is a seepage-dominated lake.
他选择了前者。
自动驾驶汽车不同于人类司机,前者不会受电话、广播或窗外东西的影响。
Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won't be influenced by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window.
研究人员发现,与单独玩耍时相比,青少年在朋友旁观时所承担的风险是前者的两倍以上。
The researchers discovered that the number of risks teens took more than doubled when their friends were watching, compared with when they played alone.
同样,英国的一家杂志发现,泰晤士河的自来水味道比几家顶尖品牌的瓶装水好,而后者的价格却是前者的400倍。
Similarly, a magazine in England found that tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.
前者似乎开的是路易斯,后者驾驶的是帕洛马斯。
这家公司提拔了后者,训斥了前者!
The corporation promoted the latter while reprimanding the former!
而经济危机已然削弱了前者的力量。
你只应该对前者收费而不是后者。
后者比前者要容易得很多很多。
前者问后者他们在校园里吃什么。
前者总是存在,后者几乎总是存在。
The former is always present and the latter is almost always present.
前者虐待我们,后者许诺我们。
我更想相信前者,不过那个仅仅是我。
但前者成了一个更好的故事。
前者为后者提供了前提条件。
如果要做个推测的话,我们相信是前者。
我个人支持前者的观点。
前者已经沦为地下组织。
美国是前者最主要代表。
美国是前者最主要代表。
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