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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

former

/fawr-mer/US // ˈfɔr mər //UK // (ˈfɔːmə) //

前,以前的,曾经的,前任

Related Words

old老,老的,旧的,旧departed逝去的,离开了,离去的,离去erstwhile以前的,以前,以前的时候,以前是anterior前部,前方,前面的,前部的antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身ancient古代,古老的,古人,古代的bygone昔日的,逝去的,昔日,逝者如斯夫past过去,过去的,过去的事情,过去的事prior之前,之前的,先前,事前above以上,以上是,上述,以上为first首先,第一次,第一,先aforesaid上述的,前述的,上述,前述earlier早期,早些时候,早前,早期的foregoing上述内容,前述内容,上述,上述的late迟到的,迟来的,迟到了,晚了once一次,曾经,一旦,一度one-time一次性的,一次性,单次,一次preceding前面的,前面提到的,前面,前面的例子sometime某时,某一时期,某一时刻,有时间quondam夸父,夸大其词,狴犴,夸大

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.previous in time or order
Synonyms
departed逝去的,离开了,离去的,离去erstwhile以前的,以前,以前的时候,以前是old老,老的,旧的,旧above以上,以上是,上述,以上为ancient古代,古老的,古人,古代的antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身anterior前部,前方,前面的,前部的bygone昔日的,逝去的,昔日,逝者如斯夫first首先,第一次,第一,先past过去,过去的,过去的事情,过去的事prior之前,之前的,先前,事前aforementioned前面提到的,前述的,上述的,前述aforesaid上述的,前述的,上述,前述earlier早期,早些时候,早前,早期的ex-前foregoing上述内容,前述内容,上述,上述的late迟到的,迟来的,迟到了,晚了long ago很久以前,很久之前,很久前,很久以前就有long gone久违了,久违的,早已不复存在,久违了的of yore昔日的,昔日,旧时的,以前的once一次,曾经,一旦,一度one-time一次性的,一次性,单次,一次preceding前面的,前面提到的,前面,前面的例子quondam夸父,夸大其词,狴犴,夸大sometime某时,某一时期,某一时刻,有时间whilom呜呼哀哉,呜呼,呜呜,蠲除

Examples

  • 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.

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