| 词汇 | former |
| 释义 | formerWord family adjectiveformableformativeformedformlessnounformerformingformlessnessform letterform teacherformworkformadverbformlessly for·mer1 /ˈfɔːmə $ ˈfɔːrmər/ ●●● S2 W1 adjectiveadj [only before noun] 1 BEFOREhappening or existing before, but not now 以前〔发生或存在〕的，从前的 → present, previous the former Soviet Union 前苏联 Their farm has been reduced to half its former size. ► see thesaurus at last 他们的农场已缩小到以前的一半。 2 having a particular position in the past 〔地位、职位〕昔日的，前任的 SYN ex-, → present my former husband 我的前夫 former President Clinton 前总统克林顿 3. in former times/years in the past 从前，以前 Examples from the Corpus in former times/years• No rocks, to our knowledge, are untouched by life in former times. 4 somebody/something’s former self BEFOREwhat someone or something was like before they were changed by age, illness, trouble etc 某人/某物以前的模样〔指与现在经历衰老、疾病、苦难等后对比〕 She seems more like her former self. 她似乎回到了以前的样子。 be a shadow/ghost of your former self (=be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc than you used to be) 不像以前那样，远不如以前〔自信、健康、有活力等〕 The team’s a shadow of its former self. 该队雄风不再。 Examples from the Corpus somebody/something’s former self• A man once famed for his intolerance, xenophobia and irrational rages has become a husk of his former self.• However, such plans would have required Melanie to want to preserve her former self.• Over the last few months he had become rather withdrawn and mistrustful; a subdued version of his former self.• Sharpness docks is now a shadow of it's former self.• Stark had taken me to a place where I could shed my former selves and start anew.• The 1984 Geyserville was a shell of its former self.• The trees were dusty and muscular; zealous visions of their former selves.• There he was with his cigar, a shadow of his former self. Examples from the Corpus former• Canada is a former British colony.• Her former husband now lives in Houston.• Most of the former inmates sought refuge in his abbey, and many stayed on to help run it.• He was an adviser to former President Reagan.• Weinburger was an advisor to former president Ronald Reagan.• In the fall of 1990 we moved our baking facility from Forestville to downtown Santa Rosa, into a former tortilla factory.• Civil war raged for years in the former Yugoslavia. former2 noun 1 the former formalFIRST the first of two people or things that you have just mentioned 前者 OPP the latter Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely. 在这两种可能性中，前者似乎更有可能。 Examples from the Corpus the former• Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely. 2. first/second/sixth etc former British EnglishBrESES used in some schools to show which class a student is in, according to how many years they have been in school 一年级/二年级/六年级等的学生 Examples from the Corpus first/second/sixth etc former• Debbie is a sixth former at Abergele High School. Examples from the Corpus former• Steven Soderbergh, nominated as best director for both Traffic and Erin Brockovich, won for the former.• For the former, therefore, to return among the latter was not to degrade, but to promote them. From Longman Business Dictionary formerfor·mer /ˈfɔːməˈfɔːrmər/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun] happening or existing in the past, but not now the former chairman of United Telecommunications Inc (1100-1200) forme “first” ((12-16 centuries)), from Old English forma |
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