erstwhile

GRE

英[??:stwa?l]
美[??rstwa?l]

基本釋義

adj.
從前的; 以前的; 原來(lái)的; 往昔的

實(shí)用例句

an erstwhile opponent

以前的對(duì)手

牛津詞典

His erstwhile friends turned against him.

他先前的朋友轉(zhuǎn)而與他作對(duì)。

牛津詞典

Erstwhile workers may have become managers...

過(guò)去的工人可能已經(jīng)成了經(jīng)理。

He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.

他和他妻子以前的一個(gè)朋友菲莉絲·伯頓一起逃往美國(guó)。

The dominant features of today's economy is that erstwhile private borrowers are, it bluntly, bust.

當(dāng)今經(jīng)濟(jì)的主要特點(diǎn) —— 坦率的說(shuō) —— 是昔日的私人借款者已經(jīng)破產(chǎn).

期刊摘選

Both are in better shape than their erstwhile rivals.

他們的情況比以前的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手都要好.

期刊摘選

Continental Europeans want tighter constraints on the erstwhile titans of finance.

歐洲大陸希望對(duì)昔日的金融巨擘嚴(yán)加約束.

期刊摘選

This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.

這位往昔的老師找到了一種讓我們晚上安靜下來(lái)的方法.

期刊摘選

One seems to need a dose of superiority to overcompensate for the erstwhile sense of inferiority.

昔日的低人一等看起來(lái)需要一劑“高人一頭”的靈丹妙藥要大肆彌補(bǔ)一下.

期刊摘選

Geographic location, education and the erstwhile caste system being some of the key factors.

其中重要的幾個(gè)因素是地理位置 、 所受教育和過(guò)去的等級(jí)制度.

期刊摘選

As to its characteristic, by reading text, it analyses the oriental _ western culturals, and transcends erstwhile nationalism.

就其基本特征來(lái)說(shuō), 后殖民主義從文本解讀入手, 著重分析東西方間的文化關(guān)系, 并表現(xiàn)出超越民族主義的努力.

期刊摘選

The same will be said of Mr Blair by erstwhile colleagues when he has gone.

布萊爾下臺(tái)后,他以前的同僚也會(huì)說(shuō)出同樣的話.

期刊摘選

Erstwhile workers may have become managers.

過(guò)去的工人可能已經(jīng)成了經(jīng)理。

辭典例句

His erstwhile friends turned against him.

他先前的朋友轉(zhuǎn)而與他作對(duì)。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.

他和他妻子以前的一個(gè)朋友菲莉絲·伯頓一起逃往美國(guó)。

柯林斯例句

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. belonging to some prior time;

    "erstwhile friend"

    "our former glory"

    "the once capital of the state"

    "her quondam lover"

Adverb
  • 1. at a previous time;

    "once he loved her"

    "her erstwhile writing"

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