- 基礎(chǔ)釋義
- 例句
- 同義詞
- 反義詞
- 同義詞解析
- 四級真題
- 六級真題
- 柯林斯詞典釋義
- 英漢詞典釋義
- 英英詞典釋義
- 行業(yè)詞典釋義
former
英[?f?:m?(r)]
美[?f?rm?(r)]
例句
同義詞
adj.
former的同義詞之：早先的;在前的
earlier, prior, preceding, past, previous, first, former的同義詞之：其他釋義
previous, antecedent, prior, ago, back, old, sometime, first, earlier, preceding, past, anterior,
反義詞
同義詞解析
英語四級真題
Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
英語六級真題
As former Dean of Harvard College.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
Jack White, the former front man of the White Stripes and an influential figure among fellow musicians, likes to make things difficult for himself.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than half the calendar year.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
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ADJ
前任的;先前的
Former is used to describe someone who used to have a particular job, position, or role, but no longer has it.
例句
The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
被解雇的管理人員包括前銷售經(jīng)理、主管和會計。
...former President Richard Nixon...
前總統(tǒng)理查德·尼克松
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ADJ
(國家)原先的，先前的
Former is used to refer to countries which no longer exist or whose boundaries have changed.
例句
...the former Soviet Union.
前蘇聯(lián)
...the former Yugoslavia.
前南斯拉夫
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ADJ
昔日的;舊時的;曾經(jīng)的
Former is used to describe something which used to belong to someone or which used to be a particular thing.
例句
...the former home of Sir Christopher Wren.
克里斯托弗·雷恩爵士的舊居
...a former monastery.
昔日的修道院
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ADJ
早先的;從前的
Former is used to describe a situation or period of time which came before the present one.
例句
He would want you to remember him as he was in former years.
他可能會希望你記住他早年的樣子。
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PRON
前者;前一個
When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the first of them as the former .
例句
Given the choice between a pure white T-shirt and a more expensive, dirty cream one, most people can be forgiven for choosing the former...
如果要在一件純白的 T 恤和一件更貴的臟兮兮的米色 T 恤之間選擇的話，多數(shù)人都會選前者，這是無可厚非的。
If the family home and joint pension rights are of equal value, the wife may choose the former and the husband the latter.
如果家庭住房和共同養(yǎng)老金具有同樣的價值，妻子可能會選前者，而丈夫會選后者。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
過去的, 在前的, 以前的
Some of them bitterly attacked their former friends.
他們中有些人惡毒地攻擊他們過去的朋友。（兩者中）前者的
The former option favours the married man.
前一種選擇對已婚男子有利
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two;
"Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"Adjective
1. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several);
"the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"2. belonging to some prior time;
"erstwhile friend""our former glory""the once capital of the state""her quondam lover"3. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;
"the former president""our late President is still very active""the previous occupant of the White House"4. of the distant past;
"the early inhabitants of Europe""former generations""in other times"
行業(yè)詞典