前者的用法和樣例：
例句
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美德與邪惡是不同的，前者帶來和平，後者導致痛苦。
Virtue and vice are two different things: the former/that/the one leads to peace, the latter/this/the other to misery. -
在這兩者之間我願選擇前者。
Of these alternatives, I prefer the former. -
珍和瑪麗是好朋友，前者是老師，後者是護士。
Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse. -
這兩個人中，前者已死，而後者仍然活著。
Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.
