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〔Baekeland〕Belgian-born American chemist who developed the first plastic to harden permanently after heating.贝克兰,利奥·亨德里克:(1863-1944) 美籍比利时裔化学家,他开发了第一件加热之后永久变硬的塑料制品〔former〕Grammarians have often insistedthat the phrasesthe former and the latter should be used only to refer to the first of two things and the second of two things, respectively: 语法家们经常坚持认为,the former 和 the latter 应该只用于分别替代两件事中的第一件和第二件: |