Of the two the latter is better than the former.

二者中后者比前者好.

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Of the two possibilities , this is more likely than that.

两个可能中, 后者比前者更可能.

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It will share the fate of its predecessor.

它将遭受与前者同样的命运.

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Faced with the option of a simple black dress and a pricier, faded gray one, many individuals can be excused for selecting the first.

如果要在一条简单的黑色裙子和一条更贵的褪色灰色裙子之间选择的话，许多人都会选第一条，这是情有可原的。

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The former outnumber the latter by about a hundred to one.

前者在数量上超过后者,比率约为100:1.

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The first solution is less thorough and effective than the second one.

你可能会怀疑,前者不如后者彻底和效率高.

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Of the two, the former is better than the latter.

两者之中前者较后者为佳.

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The former is backed up by a long and resilient classical tradition.

前者有悠久而富有弹性的古典传统作后盾.

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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.

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When she is offered ice - cream or pie, she always chooses the former.

当有冰淇淋或馅饼给她吃时, 她总是挑选前者.

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The first is extremely resistant to nucleophilic reagents.

前者极端地阻抗亲核试剂.

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Did he go there by air or by train? The former seems more likely.

他是乘飞机还是坐火车去的? 前者似乎可能性更大些.

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The former is said to come within the realms of orthodox descriptive cataloguing.

前者一般认为属于正统的描述性编目范畴.

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If we pushed the first objective too far, we might lose the second.

如果我们把前者搞过了头, 可能反而会失掉后者.

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Our two dangers were now delay and leakage, and the first aggravated the second.

我们当前的两种危险是拖延和泄密, 而前者又加重了后者的危险.

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