英语释义

• referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several);

  "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"

• of the distant past;

  "the early inhabitants of Europe"

  "former generations"

  "in other times"

• the first of two or the first mentioned of two;

  "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

• belonging to some prior time;

  "erstwhile friend"

  "our former glory"

  "the once capital of the state"

  "her quondam lover"

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

  "the former president"

  "our late President is still very active"

  "the previous occupant of the White House"

片语

former President前任总统

former president前任总统

former name曾用名

Former Residence故居

model former成模器

acid former成酸物质

former trial前审

in former times从前

soil former成土因子

former residence故居

arch former[口腔]

roll former辊轧成形机

film former[助剂] 成膜剂，[涂料] 成膜物；薄膜生成元素；薄膜形成器

英汉例句

• i am not a hired agent for the former president.

  我可不是那位前总统的说客。

• much of what we know about him comes from the memoirs of his former sushi chef.

  关于他，我们所知的大多数信息都来自他前任寿司师傅的回忆录。

• that is no surprise to friends of the first family. the obamas, after all, are city people, former community organizers who have long felt at home in the urban landscape.

  对第一家庭的朋友们来说这并不奇怪，奥巴马家庭毕竟是城市居民，他们以前是社区组织者，长久以来熟识城市的每一道风景。

• you can find out all that by checking with former employers.

  你可以通过与前任雇主核实来发现所有这些问题。

• from one end of former yugoslavia to the other, people are worrying about justice.

  从前南斯拉夫边境的一端到另一端，人们都在为正义担忧。

• he caught a glimpse of his former lover in the theatre last night.

  昨晚他在剧院里瞥见了他以前的情人。

• his wife, three sons and former aides were at his side.

  逝世时他的妻子、三个儿子和前助理都在身旁。

• this was all that remained of our former gods.

  这是我们以前的神明留下的所有一切。

• notice that the error handler for the latter undoes the work of the former so that data is not left in an inconsistent state.

  请注意针对后者的错误处理程序可撤销前者所做的工作，以使数据不会处在一种不一致的状态。

• he distanced himself from his former wife.

  他疏远了他的前妻。

• your mission on earth was to make up for these former lives, to bring back love and justice to humanity.

  你们在地球上的任务就是为以前的这些生世做补偿，给人类带回爱和正义。

• former low domes were planated by wave erosion.

  波浪式的侵蚀将以前的矮圆丘夷成平地。

• they all get on, and we are friends with both our former spouses again.

  他们相处的很融洽，我们也和双方以前的配偶重新成了朋友。

• john chanced upon a former colleague of his at the airport.

  约翰在机场偶然碰到一个以前的同事。

• she underfed his former wife's children.

  她对他前妻的孩子不管饱。

• the new government repudiated the treaty signed by the former government.

  新政府拒绝履行前任政府签订的条约。

• in the former case, distributed teams 「own」 the development effort for one or more discrete components of an application.

  在前一种情形中，分布式团队「拥有」一个或多个对应用软件的分散组件的开发工作。

• he quotes lee kuan yew, the former prime minister of singapore: 「if you do not hold your ground in the pacific, you cannot be a world leader.

  他引用新加坡前总统李光耀的一句话「如果你不能在太平洋上掌控你的领地，那么就不可能成为这个世界的领袖。」

• one questioner in the debate asked why she showed “no compassion」 for her former housekeeper.

  那场辩论中的一个提问者问道，她为什么对她以前的管家「一点同情心都没有」。

• but as the bear market and the recession drag on, some of these former stars start to look less attractive.

  但是随着熊市和衰退的延续，这些前明星当中有一部分看起来不再那么吸引人了。

• go back as soon as possible to former routines or develop new ones.

  尽可能快地回到以前的日常事情，或发展新的日常事情。

• to achieve the objective, we should change the former faulty understanding of development.

  为了实现这一目标，我们应该改变以前对发展的错误理解。

• we will send a present to our former headmaster.

  我们将送一份礼物给我们以前的校长。

• few of her former comrades enjoy this comfort; but, as another resident explained, the authorities like them to live there 「to do propaganda and education work」.

  她以前的同志，很少人能享受能这种舒适生活；不过另一个居民解释说，当局希望他们住在那以「进行宣传教育工作」。

• but his only visitors were the birds, and he scattered handfuls of rice and seeds on his lawn and on those of his former neighbors.

  但他惟一的来访客人是那些鸟，他在家和以前那些邻居家的草坪上撒下一把把稻米和种子。

• but as a former prosecutor, without seeing the evidence that they saw, it almost could be unfair of me to make a judgment.

  但作为一名前检察官，在没有见到他们掌握的证据之前，就贸然对他们做出评判，这是不公平的。

相似词

earlierad 早地，早些时候地

prior（时间、顺序等）先前的；优先的

preceding在...之前（precede的ing形式）

past过去的，从前的，以往的；刚过去的，刚结束的；（动词）过去式的；完成的，结束的

previousad 在先；在…以前

firstpro 第一（个）；第一次

previousad 在先；在…以前

antecedent先前的；（语法）先行的

prior（时间、顺序等）先前的；优先的

ago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；

old(Old)人名；(英)奥尔德

sometime以前的；某一时间的

firstpro 第一（个）；第一次

earlierad 早地，早些时候地

preceding在...之前（precede的ing形式）

past过去的，从前的，以往的；刚过去的，刚结束的；（动词）过去式的；完成的，结束的

anterior前面的；先前的

相反词

present礼物；现在，目前；（动词）现在式；（举枪的）瞄準

latter（Latter）（英、德、捷）拉特（人名）

later(Later)人名；(德)拉特

later(Later)人名；(德)拉特

present礼物；现在，目前；（动词）现在式；（举枪的）瞄準

latter（Latter）（英、德、捷）拉特（人名）