former
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Former is used to describe someone who used to have a particular job, position, or role, but no longer has it. 前任的[ADJ n]
The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants. 失业的高管包括前销售经理、主管和会计。
...former president Richard Nixon. …前总统理查德·尼克松。
2. ADJ Former is used to refer to countries which no longer exist or whose boundaries have changed. (国家) 已不存在的; 疆界已变的[ADJ n]
...the former Soviet Union. …前苏联。
3. ADJ Former is used to describe something which used to belong to someone or which used to be a particular thing. 昔日的[ADJ n]
...the former home of Robert E. Lee. …罗伯特·E·李的故居。
4. PRON When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the first of them as the former. 前者['the' PRON]
They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter. 他们设法解决供电和供水的连接问题。前者与后者相比证明很简单。
5. N a person or thing that forms or shapes 形成者; 样板
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former /ˈfɔːmə/
剑桥词典
- of or in an earlier time ; before the present time or in the past
- We need a reference from your former employer .
- Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies .
- A large majority of the population is demanding the restoration of the former government .
- She stiffened when her former husband walked into the room .
- He's a former world heavyweight boxing champion . 返回 former
较早的，早先的；以前的；旧时的
his former wife 他的前妻
a former employer 前雇主
the former president of the United States 美国前总统
The luxury apartments are in a former factory . 这些豪华公寓的前身是工厂厂房。
The painting was then restored to its former glory (= returned to its original good condition ). 这幅油画又恢复了原先的光彩。
It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his former self (= behaved in the way he had before). 事故过后很长时间，他似乎才恢复了先前的样子。
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