formerly是什么意思？

formerly

英[ˈfɔ:məli] 美[ˈfɔrmərli]

• adv. 原来，原先，以前，从前，刚才，先头；

例句

• Less people study Latin today than formerly. 现在学习拉丁语的人比以前少。
• The British were formerly dominant in India. 英国人从前统治印度。
• Formerly he worked on a farm, but now he's a teacher. 以前他在农场工作, 但现在当教师.
• We are ready to head off to Uluru, the artist formerly known as Ayers Rock. 我们准备去乌鲁鲁了, 艺术家们从前把它称为艾尔斯岩.
• Normal Trade Relations ( NTR ) was formerly known as Most Favored - Nation status. 正常贸易关系就是以前所谓的 最惠国 待遇.
• The HR board was congratulated for acting decisively in ousting the formerly heroic CEO. 由于果断行动、驱逐当初表现英勇的首席执行官,人力资源部门受到了人们的祝贺.
• Machinery has made the products of manufactories very much cheaper than formerly. 工厂现在使用机器化生产所以产品的价格要比以前便宜好多.
• A small glazed earthenware jar formerly used by druggists for medicaments. 陶罐一种上釉的小陶罐,以前由药剂师用来盛药物.
• Stephen Smith , formerly of Le Monde says this is already happening. 《世界报》前编辑斯蒂芬·史密斯说,这已经发生了.
• Fonda was formerly married to director Roger Vadim and politician Tom Hayden. 方达曾与导演罗杰·凡蒂和政界要人汤姆·海登有过两段婚姻.

同义词

• adv.
  formerly的同义词之：从前的
  in, ages, dark, ago, long, then, back, the, times, past, old, days,
  formerly的同义词之：先前的
  heretofore, previously, once, aforetime,
• formerly的同义词之：其他释义
  ago, before,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADV
  从前;原来;以前
  If something happened or was true formerly, it happened or was true in the past.
  例句
  He had formerly been in the Navy. 他从前在海军服役。 ...east Germany's formerly state-controlled companies. 东德原来的国有公司

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  以前;从前
  This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China. 这船从前航行在中国内河里。 We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard. 我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. at a previous time;
  "once he loved her""her erstwhile writing"