前者的用法和样例：
例句
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美德与邪恶是不同的，前者带来和平，后者导致痛苦。
Virtue and vice are two different things: the former/that/the one leads to peace, the latter/this/the other to misery. -
在这两者之间我愿选择前者。
Of these alternatives, I prefer the former. -
珍和玛丽是好朋友，前者是老师，后者是护士。
Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse. -
这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。
Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.
