former是什么意思？

former

英[ˈfɔ:mə(r)] 美[ˈfɔrmə(r)]

• adj. 以前的，从前的，在前的，前任的；
• n. 模型，样板，构成者，创造者，起形成作用的人，[无线]线圈架；

复数：formers;

例句

• Part of the gentleman's duty in former times was to hand a lady in when she entered her carriage in great Britain. 过去的英国, 绅士有义务在一位女士上车时扶她一下。
• She remarry her former husband ten year after their divorce. 她与原来的丈夫离婚十年后又复婚了。
• It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour. 要想剧院重拾昔日的辉煌，必须进行大规模整修。
• The teacher always puts in a good word for his former pupils. 那个老师总是为他以前教过的学生说句好话。
• In former times there were far fewer people dwelling on earth than there are now. 从前生活在地球上的人比今天少得多。
• She is very virulent about her former employer. 她对她过去的老板恨之入骨。
• It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendor. 要想剧院重拾昔日的辉煌，必须进行大规模整修。
• a book written by a former slag 曾是妓女的人写的书
• The former minister was relieved of his post in last month’s extensive government reshuffle. 在上个月的政府全面改组中，前任部长被解职了。
• The former tenants of that house have just moved away. 那房子原来的房客刚刚搬走。

同义词

• adj.
  former的同义词之：早先的;在前的
  earlier, prior, preceding, past, previous, first,
• former的同义词之：其他释义
  previous, antecedent, prior, ago, back, old, sometime, first, earlier, preceding, past, anterior,

反义词

• adj.
  former的反义词之：从前的;前任的,前者的
  present, latter, later,
• former的反义词之：其他释义
  later, present, latter,

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词均可表示"在前的" 的意思
  previous：指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。
  foregoing：指前所述的，是following的反义词。
  preceding：特指时间和地位上紧接在前。
  prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。
  former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。

英语四级真题

Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
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英语六级真题

As former Dean of Harvard College.
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Jack White, the former front man of the White Stripes and an influential figure among fellow musicians, likes to make things difficult for himself.
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Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than half the calendar year.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  前任的;先前的
  Former is used to describe someone who used to have a particular job, position, or role, but no longer has it.
  例句
  The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants. 被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。 ...former President Richard Nixon... 前总统理查德·尼克松
• ADJ
  (国家)原先的，先前的
  Former is used to refer to countries which no longer exist or whose boundaries have changed.
  例句
  ...the former Soviet Union. 前苏联 ...the former Yugoslavia. 前南斯拉夫
• ADJ
  昔日的;旧时的;曾经的
  Former is used to describe something which used to belong to someone or which used to be a particular thing.
  例句
  ...the former home of Sir Christopher Wren. 克里斯托弗·雷恩爵士的旧居 ...a former monastery. 昔日的修道院
• ADJ
  早先的;从前的
  Former is used to describe a situation or period of time which came before the present one.
  例句
  He would want you to remember him as he was in former years. 他可能会希望你记住他早年的样子。
• PRON
  前者;前一个
  When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the first of them as the former .
  例句
  Given the choice between a pure white T-shirt and a more expensive, dirty cream one, most people can be forgiven for choosing the former... 如果要在一件纯白的 T 恤和一件更贵的脏兮兮的米色 T 恤之间选择的话，多数人都会选前者，这是无可厚非的。 If the family home and joint pension rights are of equal value, the wife may choose the former and the husband the latter. 如果家庭住房和共同养老金具有同样的价值，妻子可能会选前者，而丈夫会选后者。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  过去的, 在前的, 以前的
  Some of them bitterly attacked their former friends. 他们中有些人恶毒地攻击他们过去的朋友。
  （两者中）前者的
  The former option favours the married man. 前一种选择对已婚男子有利

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two;
  "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
• Adjective
  1. 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"
  2. belonging to some prior time;
  "erstwhile friend""our former glory""the once capital of the state""her quondam lover"
  3. (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"
  4. of the distant past;
  "the early inhabitants of Europe""former generations""in other times"

行业词典

• 法律： 前者；前任；