former中文什么意思

n.
1.构成者，创造者。
2.【机械工程】模型，样板，成形[型]设备。
3.【无线电】线圈架。
+更多解释...4.〔英国〕公学及其他中等学校的学生。
短语和例子
fifth formers 五年级学生。adj.
1.以前的，从前的。
2.在前的；〔美国〕前任的。
短语和例子
in former times 从前。 in the former case 在前一例[情况]。 the former 前者 (opp. latter)。adv.
-ly

• the former:    前者
• former residence; former home:    故居
• a former existence:    宿世

例句与用法

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1. The old man's former cronies are all dead .
   老人的往日故旧都已作古。
2. Of the two the latter is better than the former .
   二者中后者比前者好。
3. He has retreated to his former reserve .
   他已经恢复了他早先含蓄的态度。
4. The former wins readers in new territory .
   前者在新的国度里赢得了读者。
5. It replaces the former quarter sessions .
   它取代以前的季审法庭。

英文释义

a

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"

形容词

1. belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
   同义词：early, other
2. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
   同义词：erstwhile, old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime
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"
   同义词：late, previous

名词

1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"