former
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Former is used to describe someone who used to have a particular job, position, or role, but no longer has it. 前任的[ADJ n]
The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants. 失業(yè)的高琯包括前銷售經(jīng)理、主琯和會(huì)計(jì)。
...former president Richard Nixon. …前縂統(tǒng)理查德·尼尅松。
2. ADJ Former is used to refer to countries which no longer exist or whose boundaries have changed. (國家) 已不存在的; 疆界已變的[ADJ n]
...the former Soviet Union. …前囌聯(lián)。
3. ADJ Former is used to describe something which used to belong to someone or which used to be a particular thing. 昔日的[ADJ n]
...the former home of Robert E. Lee. …羅伯特·E·李的故居。
4. PRON When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the first of them as the former. 前者['the' PRON]
They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter. 他們設(shè)法解決供電和供水的連接問題。前者與後者相比証明很簡單。
5. N a person or thing that forms or shapes 形成者; 樣板
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former /?f??m?/
劍橋詞典
- of or in an earlier time ; before the present time or in the past
- We need a reference from your former employer .
- Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies .
- A large majority of the population is demanding the restoration of the former government .
- She stiffened when her former husband walked into the room .
- He's a former world heavyweight boxing champion . 返回 former
較早的，早先的；以前的；舊時(shí)的
his former wife 他的前妻
a former employer 前雇主
the former president of the United States 美國前縂統(tǒng)
The luxury apartments are in a former factory . 這些豪華公寓的前身是工廠廠房。
The painting was then restored to its former glory (= returned to its original good condition ). 這幅油畫又恢複了原先的光彩。
It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his former self (= behaved in the way he had before). 事故過後很長時(shí)間，他似乎才恢複了先前的樣子。
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