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基本释义
  • a. 从前的,前者的
    n. 形成者,模型,样板
参考例句
    1. The desolate scene in the former days has all gone.
      异日萧条破败的景象荡然无存。
    2. He renovates the former system.
      他革新了以往的体制。
    3. I'm going to call on one of my former classmates.
      我要去看望我的一位老同学。
    4. He is now out of all conceit with his former self.
      他现在全盘否定了原来的自己。
    5. He can take Back his former land.
      他可以退还他以前的土地。
英英解释

  • 　1个名词解释

    1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two
      [反] latter
      [例]
      • Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today

    　4个形容词解释

    1. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
      [反] latter
      [例]
      • the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; go I prefer the former version to the latter one
    2. belonging to some prior time
      [同] erstwhile, former, old, onetime, quondam, sometime
      [例]
      • erstwhile friend
      • our former glory
      • the once capital of the state
      • her quondam lover
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