former 的定义
- preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
- past, long past, or ancient: in former times.
- preceding in order; being the first of two: Our former manufacturing process was too costly.
- being the first mentioned of two: The former suggestion was preferred to the latter.
- having once, or previously, been; erstwhile: a former president.
former 近义词
previous in time or order
更多former例句
- Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
- Like many Americans—but few Republican presidential candidates—the former Florida governor has evolved on the issue.
- And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
- Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.
- Lalo said he reported the kidnapping to his ICE handlers, which was confirmed by a former federal agent familiar with the case.
- Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.
- The enemy were pursued and annoyed by a few hundred of the citizens under Wooster and Arnold; the former was killed.
- The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.
- My husband detests them; on the contrary, I like those carriages, for they tell me of happy—I mean to say, of former times.
- There seemed the flavour of some strange authority in her that baffled all approach to the former intimacy.