former
英 ['fɔːmə]
美['fɔrmɚ]
- adj. 从前的，前者的；前任的
- n. 模型，样板；起形成作用的人
- n. (Former)人名；(法)福尔梅；(德、捷)福尔默
实用场景例句
- This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory .
- 这座美丽的老建筑物已恢复了昔日的壮观。
牛津词典
- the former world champion
- 前世界冠军
牛津词典
- my former boss/colleague/wife
- 过去的老板 / 同事；前妻
牛津词典
- The former option would be much more sensible.
- 前一种选择要明智得多。
牛津词典
- He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.
- 他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。
牛津词典
- the countries of the former Soviet Union
- 前苏联加盟共和国
牛津词典
- in former times
- 从前
牛津词典
- The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
- 被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...former President Richard Nixon...
- 前总统理查德·尼克松
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the former Soviet Union.
- 前苏联
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the former Yugoslavia.
- 前南斯拉夫
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the former home of Sir Christopher Wren.
- 克里斯托弗·雷恩爵士的旧居
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a former monastery.
- 昔日的修道院
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He would want you to remember him as he was in former years.
- 他可能会希望你记住他早年的样子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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...
- 如果要在一件纯白的 T 恤和一件更贵的脏兮兮的米色 T 恤之间选择的话，多数人都会选前者，这是无可厚非的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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养老金具有同样的价值，妻子可能会选前者，而丈夫会选后者。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her teemed with ideas.
- 她脑子里主意多.
期刊摘选
- She is very virulent about her former employer.
- 她对她过去的老板恨之入骨.
《简明英汉词典》
- Of the two the latter is better than the former.
- 二者中后者比前者好.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He duplicated his former mistakes.
- 他又犯了和以前一样的错误.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A former loafter, he is now an advanced worker.
- 他这个昔日浪子, 今日成了先进工作者.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
- 那个强硬的年轻女人排挤走了前任校长,她现在自己当校长.
《简明英汉词典》
- The robins occupied their former nest.
- 那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.
- 不管花多大力气,他都要把孩子从前妻那里要回来.
《简明英汉词典》
同义词辨析
previous, foregoing, preceding, prior, former
这些形容词均可表示"在前的"之意。
previous： 指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。
foregoing： 指前所述的，是following的反义词。
preceding： 特指时间和地位上紧接在前。
prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。
former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。