former ['fɔ:mə]

adj.
从前的, 以前的
n.
形成者, 创造者, 模型, 样板

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单词 former 网络释义

形容词 a. [Z][B]
1.从前的,早前的,旧时的
In former days there was a racecourse here.
从前这儿有个赛马场。
2.在前的;(两者中)前者的
When she is offered ice-cream or pie, she always chooses the former.
当有冰淇淋或馅饼给她吃时,她总是挑选前者。
3.前任的;一度的
The guide showed us the old home of former President Theodore Roosevelt.
导游带我们看了前总统西奥多·罗斯福的故居。

单词 former 其它相关

单词解释
a. 从前的,前者的
n. 形成者,模型,样板
of an earlier time; that came before
相关例句
Of swimming and football he much preferred the former.
　 在游泳和足球中他更喜欢前者。
All his former friends turned against him.
　 他原来的朋友都和他反目了。
He duplicated his former mistakes.
　 他又犯了和以前一样的错误。
She hates her former self.
　 她痛恨过去的自己。
I prefer the former picture to the latter.
　 (比较起来) 我喜欢前者的画而不喜欢后者; 我喜欢前者的画胜于后者。
Canada and the United States are in North America; the former lies north of the latter.
　 加拿大与美国均在北美; 前者位于后者以北。
In former days there was a racecourse here.
　 从前这儿有个赛马场。
When she is offered ice-cream or pie, she always chooses the former.
　 当有冰淇淋或派给她吃时,她总是挑选前者。
相关短语
in the former 在前者的情形
his former wife 他的前妻
in former days [times] 从前,往昔
单词词根
词根：fore,for=在前,向前
afford vt.(费用)负担得起
before prep.在...以前
beforehand ad.预先，事先
first num.第一
fore adj.前面的adv.在前面
forefather n. (常用复数)祖先
forefinger n. 食指
foremost adj.最初的，第一流的
former a.在前的 n.前者
forth ad.向前；向外，往外
forthcoming a.即将到来的；现有的
forthwith a.即刻;［美俚］必须立即执行的命令
forward adv.向前，前进
further a. ad.更远的；更进一步
同义反义
同义词：previous, first, sometime, anterior, antecedent, earlier, past, preceding, prior
反义词：future, present, later, latter

单词 former 其它例句

- It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague.
　 他批评以前的同事, 并非出於气愤而是为他惋惜.
- A couple of them are former bosses
　 有几位是以前的上司或老板
- It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague.
　 他批评以前的同事, 并非出於气愤而是为他惋惜.