former

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基本釋義

adj.
前任的; 以前的; 前者的

實用例句

This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory .

這座美麗的老建筑物已恢復(fù)了昔日的壯觀。

牛津詞典

the former world champion

前世界冠軍

牛津詞典

my former boss/colleague/wife

過去的老板 / 同事;前妻

牛津詞典

The former option would be much more sensible.

前一種選擇要明智得多。

牛津詞典

He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.

他得在放棄工作和放棄原則二者中擇其一。他選擇了前者。

牛津詞典

the countries of the former Soviet Union

前蘇聯(lián)加盟共和國

牛津詞典

in former times

從前

牛津詞典

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

...the former Soviet Union.

前蘇聯(lián)

...the former Yugoslavia.

前南斯拉夫

...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

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。

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。

Her teemed with ideas.

她腦子里主意多.

期刊摘選

She is very virulent about her former employer.

她對她過去的老板恨之入骨.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Of the two the latter is better than the former.

二者中后者比前者好.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

He duplicated his former mistakes.

他又犯了和以前一樣的錯誤.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

A former loafter, he is now an advanced worker.

他這個昔日浪子, 今日成了先進工作者.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.

那個強硬的年輕女人排擠走了前任校長,她現(xiàn)在自己當校長.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The robins occupied their former nest.

那些知更鳥占了它們的老窩.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.

不管花多大力氣,他都要把孩子從前妻那里要回來.

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

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

"It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art.

2018年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

"It's been postponed until 2018," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.

2019年6月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

According to Leslie, those who ridiculed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his 2002 remark that we have to be wary of the unknown unknowns were mistaken.

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Following the Harvard scandal, Mary Miller, the former dean of students at Yale, made an impassioned appeal to her school's professors to refrain from take-home exams.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

In an effort to understand the matter further, I spoke with doctors Mark Beckhoff a researcher and former professor of animal behavior.

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

On the other hand, scientists are increasingly learning that aging and biological age are two different things, and that the former is a key risk factor for conditions such as heart disease, cancer and many more.

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

The former head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, a Venetian who now serves as UNESCO' assistant director- general for culture.

2018年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

And I’m going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University, but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly 30 years.

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

As a former high school teacher, I saw students choose familiar, cheaper options year after year.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

Most high governmental officials seem to conceive of education in this light—as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth," Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, told The Washington Post

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

The former ethic suggested success was founded on integrity, modesty, loyalty, courage, patience, and so forth.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

And I'm going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University, but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly 30 years.

2016年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

As a former high school teacher, I saw students choose familiar,cheaper options year after year.

2015年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

George Grune, a former ad salesman who joined Reader s digest in 1960 has his eye focused on the bottom line.

2018年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

Ludacris and the former CEO of Bank of America Ken Lewis are alumni of my college, as well as VICE's first female editor-in-chief, Ellis Jones.

2018年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

since the former is most common among those inclined towards indifferent relationships, their predominance can bolster individuals' sense of self-worth.

2019年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult.

2016年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this job was no game for him: he meant business.

2018年高考英語全國卷I 完形填空 原文

Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction.

2015年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

One day I met a former classmate of mine who was making a lot of money running a sideline.

2018年高考英語浙江卷 完形填空 原文

That former prisoner was cervantes, and the book was don quixote.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

The family rented a former church in downtown portland and scheduled a concert.

2019年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Through the years, I'd run into former students who would provide updates on old classmates.

2017年高考英語全國卷2 完形填空 原文

In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association.

出自-2009年考研翻譯原文

The high court’s decision said the judge in Mr.McDonnell’s trial failed to tell a jury that it must look only at his “official acts,” or the former governor’s decisions on “specific” and “unsettled” issues related to his duties.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

In a rare unanimous ruling, the US Supreme Court has overturned the corruption conviction of a former Virginia governor, Robert McDonnell.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

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"

同義詞辨析

previous, foregoing, preceding, prior, former

這些形容詞均可表示"在前的"之意。

  • previous: 指時間上、順序上較早的,或指正在談?wù)摰哪呈碌那耙粋€。
  • foregoing: 指前所述的,是following的反義詞。
  • preceding: 特指時間和地位上緊接在前。
  • prior與previous同義,常可換用,但prior有時強調(diào)更大的重要性,對比意味強。
  • former系latter的反義詞,比prior更著重對比。

同義詞

反義詞

adj.從前的;前任的,前者的

presentlatterlater

其他釋義

laterpresentlatter

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