| 词汇 | latter-day |
| 释义 | latter-day adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈlæt.ə.deɪ/ us /ˈlæt̬.ɚ.deɪ/ used to refer to a person or thing that is similar to someone or something that existed in the past: （与过去的人或事物）相像的;当今的 the evil actions of a latter-day Caligula现世卡利古拉（古罗马暴君）的暴行 New afresh be ahead of the curveidiom box-fresh brand new ink innovative innovatively latest newness next-gen next-generation novel original the avant-garde the ink is not dry/still wetidiom unhackneyed unheard-of unprecedented up-to-the-minuteidiom youth You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Similar and the same latter-day | American Dictionarylatter-day adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈlæt̬·ər ˌdeɪ/ being a new or recent form of a person or thing from the past: He acts like a latter-day cowboy armed with ideas. Latter-day can also mean of the present time: To many journalists, his stand against the newspaper made him a latter-day hero. Examples of latter-daylatter-day But de-personalized consumerism gives way, in disturbingly direct fashion, to that which our latter-day lotus-eaters would most willingly forget. She spells us a story of one plant's journey from exclusion from the language of flowers to a latter-day reinstatement in romantic botanical discourse. But for us latter-day folk it is not so simple. Interacting with latter-day musical automata. Nonetheless, the attitude towards books and their use, as well as the orientation towards learning of both teachers and priestly students, are the products of a latter-day, literate print culture. Interacting with the latter-day musical automaton. There is a danger of the world relapsing into a form of latter-day mercantilism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a dampness and latter-day dereliction problem which destroys choice for thousands of ordinary tenants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The taking up of ships from trade is no latter-day phenomenon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This latter-day gold rush, this hunger for materials, is now having extremely brutal social and environmental repercussions and is continuing to fuel wars and corruption. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The members of the consortium, these latter-day highway robbers, are charging £2.35 for this service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituents, too, see the bus companies as latter-day highway robbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, there is a danger that we tend to bring a latter-day imperialism to such a debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a latter-day convert to the cause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen latter-day attempts to mitigate the effect of the tax on the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of latter-day These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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