英语释义

• at a previous time;

  "once he loved her"

  "her erstwhile writing"

• belonging to some prior time;

  "erstwhile friend"

  "our former glory"

  "the once capital of the state"

  "her quondam lover"

片语

Erstwhile RecordsErstwhile Records is an independent record label devoted to free improvisation, particularly the electroacoustic variety. Erstwhile was founded by Jon Abbey in 1999, and his knowledgeable (but highly opinionated) personality and tastes are closely identified with the label.

ago以前的

previousad 在先；在…以前

erstwhile a以前的

back背部；脊梁骨；后部；背面；末尾；（椅子）靠背；后卫；船体；（飞机）机身；（人的）躯干；

erstwhile e以前的

The Erstwhile Ng那昔日

formerlyad 以前；原来

Remember erstwhile memory忘不了往昔的记忆

erstwhile detail往昔地

previouslyad 以前；预先；仓促地

former模型，样板；起形成作用的人

Some Erstwhile Labour有些工党

erstwhile e a从前的

英汉例句

• No such justice has been extended to the (far fewer) victims of Argentina’s leftist guerrillas. In fact, several erstwhile members of such groups have served in the Kirchners’ cabinets.

  司法审判没有扩大到人数很少的阿根廷左翼游击队的受害者，实际上，这些组织一些过去的成员现在是克里斯蒂娜政府的内阁成员。

• Of course, this approach assumes that you do have other erstwhile bosses and colleagues who would be happy to give you a glowing recommendation.

  当然，这种方法有一个假设的前提：你得有其他前上司和同事愿意热情洋溢地推荐你。

• What will be revealed in its full ferocity is his loathing for Miss Lyon and her then-husband Ralph Ashcroft, a Briton who was the writer「s erstwhile business advisor.

  书中无情揭露了他对里昂小姐和她当时的丈夫拉尔夫·阿什克罗夫特的深深厌恶。阿什克罗夫特，英国人，是作家昔日的商业顾问。

• And though Mr Tadic may still squeak through, he cannot count on much enthusiasm from many of his erstwhile supporters who think he has been a weak President, bossed around by Mr Kostunica.

  即使塔迪奇能够勉强闯过第一轮，他也无法指望得到许多他以前支持者的支持，因为他被认为是一个弱势总统，一切都让科斯·图尼察指手画脚。

• It also frowns on Mr Obama」s efforts to improve ties with another Indian neighbour and erstwhile enemy, China.

  印度政府同样也不满奥巴马总统改善与印度曾经敌对的邻国——中国的关系。

• As much as Wall Street「s erstwhile masters of the universe have helped to sully their own reputations, they remain less frowned upon than their handlers in Washington, DC.

  尽管华尔街的昔日宇宙主人们如此程度地自己帮忙玷污他们自己的名誉，但和在华盛顿特区他们的监管人员相比，他们还是获得较少的不满。

• The argument against The Pirate Bay founders has been used successfully before, against erstwhile file-sharing giants Napster, Grokster, Morpheus and Kazaa.

  针对海盗湾创始人的论点以前也被成功地用于往昔的文件分享巨人Npaster，Grokster，Morpheus和Kazaa。

• In a recent interview, an erstwhile hard-line leader, Rufi Etxeberria, bluntly told ETA it had to either embrace exclusively peaceful means or lose all relevance to Basque politics.

  在最近的一次采访中，一个往昔作风强硬的领袖RufiEtxeberria明确告诉ETA要么利用独特的和平手段，要么失去巴斯克政治得到的所有中肯。

• Over the years, Levitus says they」ve managed to compile literally millions of data points from all around the world - and from friend and erstwhile foe alike.

  莱维·图斯表示，多年来，从世界各地，无论是昔日的朋友还是敌人，他们已成功地收集了的数百万个点的数据。

• He was curled up in your erstwhile empty box, licking his feet and belly, stretched out in all sorts of yoga positions which would hamstring a human tried 「em.

  它就在您以前那只空盒子里，蜷着身子，舔舔自己的爪子和肚皮，把身子摆成各种瑜伽姿势——要是哪个人类来尝试那些姿势肯定就残废了。

• Many of the country」s other erstwhile proxies have all but abandoned the fight against India in favor of warring against the United States and their former masters.

  巴基斯坦先前很多的代理都放弃了反抗印度的战争，而转向针对美国及其先前统治者的战争。

• Acting decisively in firing his two erstwhile colleagues typifies the management style of Mr Liveris, an Australian every bit as plain-spoken as the blokes back home in Darwin.

  果断地采取行动裁撤两位老同事体现了利伟诚的管理风格。这位澳大利亚人完全和家乡达尔文人一样说话耿直坦率。

• This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.

  这位往昔的老师找到了一种让我们晚上安静下来的方法。

• The first, from erstwhile New York Times court correspondent Linda Greenhouse, asks whether the so-called 「Kennedy court,」 is, in fact, something else.

  第一个案例是很久以前听闻纽约时报法院记者LindaGreenhouse说的，是关于询问所谓的「Kennedy法院」事实上是否有其他暗指。

• Its most recent replacement, 「emerging economies」, already seems out of date, as some erstwhile star performers, such as Argentina, submerge.

  大部分往昔的「新兴经济体」如阿根廷和沦落的往昔领导国家一样，开始日渐沉沦。

• Geographic location, education and the erstwhile caste system being some of the key factors.

  其中重要的几个因素是地理位置、所受教育和过去的等级制度。

• In embracing Einstein, our century took leave of a prior universe and an erstwhile God.

  因为信奉了爱因斯坦，我们的世纪告别了原有的宇宙和上帝。

• According to Danone, Wahaha is making and selling POTS of yoghurt and other comestibles to erstwhile clients of the venture without putting a penny in the joint cash-till.

  达能表示，娃哈哈在生产酸奶及其它食品，并将其售予合资企业从前的客户，而收入丝毫未由双方共同分享。

• Mr Berlusconi’s defenders are blaming the newspapers, the magistrates, the foreigners and his arch-rival (and erstwhile supporter), Gianfranco Fini, for their man’s difficulties.

  贝卢斯科尼先生的辩护人对报纸媒体，地方官员，外籍人士以及他的宿敌吉安福里科 芬尼（他从前的支持者）惹出来的麻烦都进行了指责。

• The court accepted his defence that he had been drugged by erstwhile business partners, a couple of Lebanese-American brothers, so apparently he could not be held accountable for his actions.

  法院认可了他对自己所作的辩护，他辩解说他当时被以前的商业伙伴(一对黎巴嫩裔美国人兄弟)实施了药物，处于麻醉状态，因此无法对他的行为负责。

• In recent weeks, their activities have become infrequent and their grip on most of their erstwhile strongholds has loosened.

  在最近几个星期，武装分子的活动已变的稀少，他们对过去的据点控制也已经逐渐瓦解了。

• Over the weekend, Ireland, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund hammered out an expensive bailout for the erstwhile Celtic Tiger.

  上周末，爱尔兰，欧洲联盟和国际货币基金组织为昔日的「凯尔特之虎」爱尔兰敲定了一项昂贵的紧急援助。

• Ms Tymoshenko’s main rivalry is not with Mr Yanukovich at all, but rather with her erstwhile orange-revolution ally, President Viktor Yushchenko.

  季莫申科的主要竞争对手不是亚努科维奇，而是昔日橙色革命盟友-总统维克托?尤先科。

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sometime以前的；某一时间的