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There are the people who speak after they think and the people who think while they're speaking. Mike definitely belongs in the latter category.

有些人先想后说，有些人边想边说。迈克当然属于后一类人。

I lean toward the latter view.

我倾向于后一种观点。

In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category.

在去年接受《经济学人》采访时，太空旅游公司维珍银河的首席执行官乔治·怀特赛兹将他的公司归为后一类。

He is getting into the latter years of his career.

他正进入职业生涯的晚期。

He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.

他追踪找到了他的堂兄和叔叔。后者病了。

What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand.

好的政治可能是坏的道德，事实上，由于一种奇怪的宿命，当道德和政治发生冲突时，后者通常占上风。

Measured by saved lives, the latter is almost certainly the better course.

以被挽救的生命来衡量，后者几乎必定是更好的选择。