The former is generally presumed to be a more modern method than the latter.

前者模型通常会被认为比后者的方法更加现代。

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The latter case, it is true, requires a much more cautious exercise of compulsion than the former.

后一种情况比前一种情况确实需要更为谨慎的强制措施。

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The latter is far, far easier than the former.

后者比前者要容易得很多很多。

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The former is more likely than the latter, but neither can be ruled out.

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As things stand, the former is more likely than the latter.

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There is not very much that the federal government can do about the former but there is more than a bit it can do about the latter.

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