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erstwhile

/urst-hwahyl, -wahyl/US // ˈɜrstˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl //UK // (ˈɜːstˌwaɪl) //

以前的,以前,以前的时候,以前是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : former; of times past: erstwhile friends.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. formerly; erst.

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Examples

  • Tejanos, including some who had fought in Houston’s army, started having second thoughts about independence when their erstwhile Anglo allies pushed them aside in the new republic.

  • The old right was furious when in 2005, their erstwhile champion former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdrew Israel’s settlements from Gaza.

  • Advice and analysis from Extra CrunchWeWork lines up for a second run at the public markets — If all you have is a blank-check company, every erstwhile startup looks like a public company in waiting.

  • Except this time, if all you have is a blank-check company, every erstwhile startup looks like a public company in waiting.

  • These erstwhile enemies signed a peace agreement in 2018 that garnered Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel Peace Prize.

  • He cites the career of an erstwhile friend the film director M. Night Shyamalan.

  • With scarlet lips and chemical red hair, the erstwhile agent is still making headlines in the West.

  • For the moment, most offenders, and their erstwhile protectors, are being more careful.

  • But she quickly fell out with her erstwhile ally, who dismissed her government after a few months.

  • But, on Monday, it was reported that the erstwhile Democrat was returning to his political roots.

  • At Stettin, during the armistice, he entered the fortress and tried to seduce the governor, an ex-Jacobin and erstwhile friend.

  • They frantically waved their hats, ceased firing, and greeted their erstwhile enemies as comrades.

  • The Baron had naturally expected to find his mother, his brother and his erstwhile playmates gathered there as before.

  • She had been very angry with her erstwhile lover a minute ago.

  • It was Roberts who secured a position behind one of these erstwhile dispensers of liquid soothing-syrup and rapped for order.