| 词汇 | latter-day |
| 释义 | latter-dayWord family adverblatterlyadjectivelattermostlatter-daylatternounlattermath ˈlatter-day adjectiveadj [only before noun] 1 a latter-day Versailles/Tsar/Robin Hood etc NOWsomething or someone that exists now but is like a famous thing or person that existed in the past 现代版的凡尔赛宫/现代沙皇/现代罗宾汉等 He ruled his business empire like a latter-day Tsar. 他就像现代沙皇一样管理着他的商业帝国。 2 relating to a recent period of time, rather than an earlier one 当今的 Latter-day students could never meet the college entrance standards required in the 1940s. 今天的学生永远也达不到20世纪40年代的大学入学水准。 Examples from the Corpus latter-day• Romer portrayed himself as a latter-day Robin Hood who took money and gave it to the underprivileged. |
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