former

['fɔ:mə]

adj.前者的, 前任的, 以前的
n.创造者, <英>学校某一年级的学生

a.[Z][B]

1. 从前的, 早前的, 旧时的

In former days there was a racecourse here.

从前这儿有个赛马场。

2. 在前的; (两者中)前者的

When she is offered ice-cream or pie, she always chooses the former.

当有冰淇淋或馅饼给她吃时, 她总是挑选前者。

3. 前任的; 一度的

The guide showed us the old home of former President Theodore Roosevelt.

导游带我们看了前总统西奥多・罗斯福的故居。

词形变化

副词: formatively |

词义辨析

同义:

a.早先的; 在前的

earlier  past  previous  preceding  prior  first  

同义参见:

anterior  antecedent  sometime  prior  back  ago  old  

反义:

a.从前的; 前任的, 前者的

present  later  latter  

英英释义

名词 former:

the first of two or the first mentioned of two

形容词 former:

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

belonging to some prior time

同义词：erstwhile, old, onetime, quondam, sometime

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past

同义词：late, previous

belonging to the distant past

同义词：early, other

补充

formerformer英:[ˈfɔ:mə] 美:[ˈfɔrmɚ]adj.1.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。

例句

1. He's a former army officer.他曾经是名陆军军官。 2. He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.他不承认谋杀了自己的前妻。 3. the former Prime Minister前任首相 4. the former home of Sir Christopher Wren克里斯托弗•雷恩爵士的故居 5. Foreigners have been fleeing the former French colony.外国人一直在逃离这个前法国殖民地。 6. the former Soviet Union前苏联 7. In former times it was difficult for women to achieve recognition.从前妇女很难得到认可。 8. He would want you to remember him as he was in former years.他会希望你记住他早年的样子。 9. If forced to choose, I would go for the former.如果必须作出选择的话, 我会选择前者。 10. her former boyfriend.她以前的男友。 11. in former times.从前。 12. those who take the former view.那些持前一观点的人。 13. [as noun]the powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter.前者的权力比后者更广泛。 14. [in combination]an opinion-former.舆论制造者。 15. an arch former.拱模。 16. fifth-formers.五年级学生。 17. Ronald Reagan, the former American President前任美国总统罗讷德˙里根 18. In former times people often had larger families.以往的家庭往往比现在的大。 19. a former congressman前任议员 20. her former husband她的前夫 21. two former friends以前的两个朋友 22. They hope to restore the old theater to its former glory. [=to make it as good as it was in the past]他们想重现老剧院昔日的辉煌。 23. She is now just a shadow of her former self. [=she is not the same person she once was]她已经今不如昔了。 24. "Of these two options, the former is less expensive, while the latter is less risky."这两个选择中，前者花费低一些，而后者风险小一些。 25. "If offered a choice between death and exile, he said that he would choose the former. [=he would choose death]"如果在死亡和流亡中选择的话，他说他宁可选择前者。