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。
If the former are greater, the lake is a surface-water-dominated lake; if the latter, it is a seepage-dominated lake.
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。
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 offers more excitement and convenience while the latter offers a cleaner, quieter and often friendlier place to live.
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。
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。
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。
Notice that the error handler for the latter undoes the work of the former so that data is not left in an inconsistent state.
请注意针对后者的错误处理程序可撤销前者所做的工作，以使数据不会处在一种不一致的状态。
Without the latter nobody would buy anything, and without the former everybody would buy everything.
没有后者没有人会买任何东西，没有前者大家都会购买一切。
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。
Often, we fail to emphasize the latter as well as the former.
通常，我们并不像强调前者一样地去强调后者。
Only he who has separated time from existence lives this drama: fleeing the latter, he is crushed by the former.
唯有那些将时间从存在中分离的人，才会生活在这样的悖论里：逃离后者，他就被前者碾碎。
For security it's better to do the former, but the latter is more convenient.
为了安全起见，最好使用第一种方法，但是后一种方法更方便些。
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。
The corporation promoted the latter while reprimanding the former!
这家公司提拔了后者，训斥了前者！
Territorial sovereignty is the basis of maritime jurisdiction, the latter being the right and interest derived from the former.
领土主权是海洋管辖权的基础，海洋管辖权是从领土主权派生的权益。
As the semesters flew by, I dedicated increasingly more time to the latter set than to the former. Long story short: I was quickly becoming a Frankenstein's monster of extracurricular knowledge.
随着学期的过去，我越来越多地花费时间在后者而不是前者上，长话短说：我很快变成了一个弗兰肯斯坦似的怪物，努力汲取正规课堂外的知识。
You shouldn't charge the latter, only the former.
你只应该对前者收费而不是后者。
They're both asking the same thing, but the latter is showing curiosity, while the former is possibly showing judgment.
问的虽然是同一件事，但后者表现出好奇，而前者可能表现出指责。
The former needs training; the latter needs help of a different kind.
前者需要培训，后者需要一种不同的帮助。
The anterior cingulate cortex was activated considerably more in the former than in the latter.
研究显示，前者的大脑前扣带回皮层比后者要活跃的多。
The latter is far, far easier than the former.
后者比前者要容易得很多很多。
The former was a precondition for the latter.
前者为后者提供了前提条件。
Most everyone in the audience raised their hand for the latter. Only a few for the former.
观众中大多数人都举手赞同后者，只有少数人赞同前者。
Most everyone in the audience raised their hand for the latter. Only a few for the former.
观众中大多数人都举手赞同后者，只有少数人赞同前者。
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