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At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized... 在后来的新闻发布会上，他说不应夸大分歧。
The competition should have been rescheduled for a later date... 比赛本应另择日期。
A later report said the oil fire on the sea was out. 随后的报道称，海上的石油大火已经熄灭。
the latter只能用来表示提到的两者中的后者：
Given the choice between working for someone else and being on call day and night for the family business, she'd prefer the latter
（在替人打工和为家族生意日夜候命之间，她宁愿选择后者）。