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former

时间: 2024-12-12 09:13:54

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英/ˈfɔːmə(r)/
美/ˈfɔːrmər/

adj. 旧时的;以前的,前……;(两者中)前者的

n. 模子,模型;形成某事的人(或事);线圈架,绕线模;(机翼、机身的)翼肋

pron. (两者中的)前者

【名】 (Former)(法)福尔梅,(德、捷)福尔默(人名)

adj.
  • 以前的

    英文释义:

    that used to exist in earlier times

    例句:

    • the countries of the former Soviet Union

      前苏联加盟共和国

    • in former times

      从前

    • This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory .

      这座美丽的老建筑物已恢复了昔日的壮观。

  • 昔日的;前

    英文释义:

    that used to have a particular position or status in the past

    例句:

    • my former boss/colleague/wife

      过去的老板 / 同事;前妻

    • the former world champion

      前世界冠军

  • (两者中)前者的

    英文释义:

    used to refer to the first of two things or people mentioned

    例句:

    • The former option would be much more sensible.

      前一种选择要明智得多。

  • (两者中的)前者

    英文释义:

    the first of two things or people mentioned

    例句:

    • He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.

      他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。

  • 习语 Idioms
  • be a shadow/ghost of your former self

    失去昔日的力量(或影响等);威风不再;不如当年

    to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have

重要程度
  • 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 . → see usage note at: latter

    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。

  • 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。

  • 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 (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 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

    • He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.

      他对谋杀前妻的指控作了无罪抗辩。

  • the former world champion

    前世界冠军《牛津词典》

  • the countries of the former Soviet Union

    前苏联加盟共和国《牛津词典》

  • my former boss/colleague/wife

    过去的老板 / 同事;前妻《牛津词典》

  • in former times

    从前《牛津词典》

  • Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI.

    你以前的邻居正被联邦调查局通缉.《期刊摘选》

  • Within six years he would be alongside some of those former rivals.

    六年后他会和一些以前的场上对头成为队友.《期刊摘选》

  • With his dying breath the King a terrible curse upon his former followers.

    将死的时候,国王对他以前的追随者作出了可怕的诅咒.《期刊摘选》

  • Why do you give up you former job?

    为什么你要离开你以前的工作?《期刊摘选》

  • Why did you leave your former company?

    为什么离开以前的公司?《期刊摘选》

  • Whose former pupil live in Leeds?

    谁以前的学生住在利兹?《期刊摘选》

  • When you move house, you'd better ask your former neighbour to forward your mail.

    你搬家时最好请从前的邻居把你的信件转寄到新址.《期刊摘选》

  • What relation are current financial crisis and 10 years former network bubble crisis after all?

    当今的金融危机和十年以前的网络泡沫危机到底是什么关系?《期刊摘选》

  • We tried to contact all former students, but one or two slipped through the net.

    我们试图同所有的校友取得联系,但有一两个未能找到。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • We shall be enabled to speculate with security on the former extension of the land.

    我们就能够稳妥地推测从前的陆地范围了.《辞典例句》

  • We hope to restore the garden to its former glory.

    我们想把这花园变得和过去一样美丽。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • We have compounded a new plan from parts of several former plans.

    我们以从前的几个计划的一些部分构成一个新的计划.《现代英汉综合大词典》

  • Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company.

    多达2千名前雇员已对该公司提起了个人伤害诉讼。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company

    多达2,000名旧职员以个人伤害为由向该公司提起诉讼。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • U . N . peacekeepers left the former Indonesian province last year. Now East Timorese wants them back.

    联国维去年离开从前的印尼省. 现在东帝汶希望他们回来.《期刊摘选》

  • Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.

    土耳其和希腊是反苏国家与前苏联之间的缓冲国。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Today there are few reminders of the former ravaged and exploited Manchuria.

    如今,还有从前的创伤和开发满洲时期的痕迹.《期刊摘选》

  • To the right is the elegant Winter Palace, former home of the czars.

    右边是优雅的冬宫, 是沙皇从前的住处.《期刊摘选》

  • Though he slowly recovered and continued his experiments, he never regained his former strength.

    虽然他渐渐地康复并继续进行他的研究工作, 但是再也没有恢复到从前的健康状态.《英汉非文学 - 科学史》

  • This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory.

    这座美丽的老建筑物已恢复了昔日的壮观。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory .

    这座美丽的老建筑物已恢复了昔日的壮观。《牛津词典》

  • They have lost much of their former authority.

    他们失去了许多以前的权力.《期刊摘选》

  • They accused the former president of being a backseat driver.

    他们谴责前总统是个专门干涉他人事务的人。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Their former enemy is arming again.

    他们从前的敌人正在重整军备.《简明英汉词典》

  • The wear rates of materials are difficult to be forecasted exactly in former simulation models.

    目前存在的计算两体磨料磨损磨损率的数学模型还不能预测材料的磨损率.《期刊摘选》

  • The variation trends of precipitation and total amount of water resources are identical, but the former ′ s variational rate is smaller than the latter ′ s.

    水资源总量的变化规律和降水变化规律一致,但前者的变化率明显大于后者。

  • The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.

    失业的高管包括前销售经理、主管和会计。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • The time of her transportation being not expired, she left her former trade.

    她流徒的期间既然还未结束, 就不敢再做从前的生意.《辞典例句》

  • The robins occupied their former nest.

    那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝.《现代汉英综合大词典》

  • The pretty casket is given to her by her former boyfriend.

    这个漂后的首饰盒是她以前的男朋友送给她的.《期刊摘选》

  • The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country.

    总统的这次访问将会巩固与从前的敌对国之间的良好关系.《期刊摘选》

  • The politician struck a conciliatory tone with his former adversaries.

    那个政客用安抚的口吻跟以前的对手说话.《期刊摘选》

  • The paper accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover.

    这家报纸指责她企图报复她以前的情人。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • The palace has been restored to its former splendour.

    宫殿经过修葺,重现出昔日的富丽堂皇。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler.

    原来的选举被前军事首领宣布为无效。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • The lion , considering him attentively, and remembering his former friend, fawned upon him.

    狮子将他仔细地打量了一番, 记起他就是从前的那个朋友, 于是亲昵地偎在他身旁.《辞典例句》

  • The house has now been restored to its former glory.

    这栋房子又恢复了它往日的辉煌。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.

    过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象,成了一位体面的爱家的男人。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • The former president was demanding that he should be either put on trial or set free?

    前任的总统要求,要么审判他,要么释放他.《期刊摘选》

  • The former president paid an unofficial visit to China.

    前总统到中国进行了私人访问。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • The former owner had not left any forwarding address.

    以前的房主没有留下任何转递地址。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • The former option would be much more sensible.

    前一种选择要明智得多。《牛津词典》

  • The former military ruler of Lesotho has been placed under house arrest.

    莱索托前军事统治者已被软禁了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • The first case against Mr Khodorkovsky and his former business partner, Platon Lebedev, was a sham.

    第一次针对霍多尔科夫斯基和他以前的商业伙伴普拉东.列别捷夫(PlatonLebedev)的审判, 是一场闹剧.《期刊摘选》

  • The divorce process should not be used as a means to get back at your former partner

    不应该在办理离婚手续上报复以前的伴侣。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • The company was ordered to pay compensation to its former employees.

    公司被勒令向以前的员工作出补偿。《牛津词典》

  • The company was ordered to pay compensation to its former employee.

    公司被勒令向以前的员工作出补偿。《牛津词典》

  • The bank had to pay to buy out most of the 200 former partners

    银行不得不花钱买下过去200名合伙人手中的大部分股权。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • The Brady Bill is named for former White House Press Secretary James Brady.

    布雷迪法案是以前白宫新闻秘书詹姆斯·布雷迪命名的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.

    那个强硬的年轻女人排挤走了前任校长,她现在自己当校长.《简明英汉词典》

  • Some former officials in Mr Bush's administration were aghast.

    一些布什总统政府以前的官员简直目瞪口呆了.《期刊摘选》

  • Some former hostages contradicted the official version of events.

    一些以前的人质反驳了官方对这些事件的说法。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Some former colleagues wonder whether the irrepressible dealmaker will have enough to do.

    他以前的一些同事怀疑,这位闲不住的交易高手是否会有足够的事可做.《期刊摘选》

  • She was shunned by her former friends after she went astray.

    她偏离正道后,从前的朋友都回避她.《辞典例句》

  • She tried to escape the unwanted attentions of her former boyfriend.

    她尽量避开她过去男朋友多余的殷勤。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • She is very virulent about her former employer.

    她对她过去的老板恨之入骨.《简明英汉词典》

  • She has left out of consideration the resentment of her former colleagues.

    她已经淡忘了以前的那些同事们的怨恨.《期刊摘选》

  • She has been heard to make threats to her former lover.

    有人听见她威胁她先前的恋人。《牛津词典》

  • She felt estranged from her former existence.

    她感到自己已脱离了过去的生活方式。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • She fell in love with her former student.

    她爱上了她的以前的学生.《期刊摘选》

  • One former patient has already indicated his intention to sue.

    一位以前的病人已经表示要提起诉讼。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • One former director embezzled$ 34 million in company funds.

    一名前主管挪用了3,400万美元的公司资金。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.

    一位前任主管挪用了3400万美元的公司资金。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Of the two the latter is better than the former.

    二者中后者比前者好.《现代英汉综合大词典》

  • Now that she is rich and famous, she does not deign to visit her former friends.

    既然她现在又有钱又出名, 便再也不愿屈尊去看望从前的朋友了.《期刊摘选》

  • No one wants to employ somebody who bad-mouths their former employer.

    没有人愿意雇用说前雇主坏话的人。《牛津词典》

  • Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president.

    报界对前任总统的赞扬过于恭维了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • My former friends stopped calling me because my phone might be tapped.

    我从前的朋友们停止给我打电话了,因为我的电话机可能受到窃听.《辞典例句》

  • Mr. Daschle was former senate Senate majority leader and a close advisor to the prisidentpresident.

    达斯科尔是前任的参议院多数党领袖,以及总统的亲密顾问.《期刊摘选》

  • Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.

    许多女性得以重操旧业。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • Lehman's former leaders are not the only ones squirming in the glare.

    雷曼以前的领导们不是唯一受千夫所指的群体.《期刊摘选》

  • It was the former capital of Turkey.

    那是土耳其从前的首都.《期刊摘选》

  • It was customary for bishops in former days.

    对从前的那几位主教,原是照例有的.《期刊摘选》

  • It the former gives much lower scores to sites with as donorthe remainder of sites.

    对那些特征很不符合的位点,延时模型给出了相对低得多的得分.《期刊摘选》

  • It replaces the former quarter sessions.

    它取代以前的季审法庭.《辞典例句》

  • In October , 1986, two former political adversaries reunited for a very special occasion in Atlanta, Georgia.

    1986年10月, 两位从前的政敌为了一个非常特别的原因在佐治亚州亚特兰大城又重在一起了.《辞典例句》

  • In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing.

    在法国的各前北非殖民地,反法情绪正在增长。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • I ran up against my former teacher in the shop.

    我在商店偶然碰见了我从前的老师.《期刊摘选》

  • His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.

    他现在所受的困苦足够惩罚他从前的胡作非为了.《辞典例句》

  • His former home is for sale at £ 495,000

    他的旧居要以49.5万英镑的价格出售。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

  • His former employer regularly evaluated him, so Corey knew his strong and weak points.

    他以前的老板都会定期评估他的表现, 因此他很清楚自己的优缺点.《期刊摘选》

  • His former employer recommends him warmly.

    他从前的雇主热心地推荐他.《期刊摘选》

  • His former classmate is a famous scientist.

    他以前的同班同学现在是一位著名的科学家.《期刊摘选》

  • Her teemed with ideas.

    她脑子里主意多.《期刊摘选》

  • Her father was the former editor of the Saturday Review.

    她的父亲是《星期六评论》的前任主编。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Her article showed no charity towards her former friends.

    她的文章对她以前的朋友毫不宽容。《牛津词典》

  • He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.

    不管花多大力气,他都要把孩子从前妻那里要回来.《简明英汉词典》

  • 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • He went on to his former residence.

    他继续向他从前的住所走去.《辞典例句》

  • He was my former companion in arms.

    他是我从前的战友.《期刊摘选》

  • He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues.

    他被以前的同事称为叛徒。《牛津词典》

  • He was forced to turn for aid to his former enemy.

    他被迫向他以前的敌人寻求帮助。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • He was always prepared to put a good word in for his former pupils.

    他总是要替他以前的学生讲话.《期刊摘选》

  • He tried to pick up the strands of his former life.

    他试图重拾以前的生活的头绪.《期刊摘选》

  • He squealed on his former friends to the police.

    他向警局告发了他从前的朋友.《期刊摘选》

  • He split with one of his former friends.

    他和以前的一个老朋友断绝关系.《简明英汉词典》

  • He is conducting a point-by-point rebuttal of charges from former colleagues.

    他正在对前同事的指责逐条加以驳斥。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • He has been accused of betraying his former socialist ideals.

    有人指责他背弃了他先前的社会主义理想。《牛津词典》

  • He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.

    他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。《牛津词典》

  • He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.

    他觉得为自己以前的雇员工作有失体面。《牛津词典》

  • He felt a gulf between himself and his former friends.

    他感到自己与以前的朋友们之间存在一种隔阂.《期刊摘选》

  • He duplicated his former mistakes.

    他又犯了和以前一样的错误.《现代英汉综合大词典》

  • He can't bear the sight of his former boss.

    看到以前的老板他很不高兴.《期刊摘选》

  • He called on former Republican voters to return to the fold.

    他号召昔日拥护共和党的选民重新回到支持共和党的行列。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • From being a bright , vibrant person , I became a shadow of my former self.

    自从变得愉快而充满朝气后, 我不再具有从前的影响力.《期刊摘选》

  • Former rulers kept the people under.

    从前的统治者们总是压迫人民.《期刊摘选》

  • Former low domes were planated by wave erosion.

    波浪式的侵蚀将以前的矮圆丘夷成平地.《期刊摘选》

  • Former Opposition Leader Chosen as Thailand's PM.

    被当选为泰国的首相的从前的反对党领导人.《期刊摘选》

  • Finally I placed her as a former neighbor.

    我终于想起她是我从前的邻居.《期刊摘选》

  • Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.

    看到以前的冠军表现如此差劲,球迷感到难过。《牛津词典》

  • Earlier this month, a luncheon for former U.N. staff was held in Vienna.

    本月早些时候在维也纳为前联合国工作人员举行了午宴。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Does he have references from former employers?

    他有以前的雇主写的证明 吗 ?《简明英汉词典》

  • But, there still is some shortage about the fault model of former arithmetic.

    但是, 研究发现原有的算法在错误模型上还有较大的不足.《期刊摘选》

  • Briefly, a flash of Miles Eastin's former spirIt'surfaced.

    刹那间, 迈尔斯·伊斯汀从前的 气慨 又闪了一闪.《辞典例句》

  • Both Democratic and Republican parties are courting former supporters of Ross Perot.

    民主党和共和党都在讨好以前罗斯·佩罗的支持者。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • Between small changes and big changes, the former is more likely.

    在小变化和大变化两者之中,前者的可能性更大。《www.8875.org》

  • At heart she still preferred her former way of life.

    实际上,他仍然喜欢从前的生活方式.《辞典例句》

  • Allow me to present my former teacher to you.

    请允许我向你们介绍我以前的老师.《简明英汉词典》

  • After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc.

    1989年后, 和平在以前的东部国家爆发.《期刊摘选》

  • Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.

    匈牙利前领导人被指控窝藏疑犯。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former students.

    一所学校给其培养过的最聪明、最有前途的学生中的一位颁了奖。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • A region and former country of northern Europe on Baltic Sea.

    拉脱维亚北欧波罗的海沿岸一地区和从前的国家.《期刊摘选》

  • A former loafter, he is now an advanced worker.

    他这个昔日浪子, 今日成了先进工作者.《现代汉英综合大词典》

  • A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.

    皮尔斯先生以前的一个同事就是这个项目的支持者之一。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • A former art student fronted the band.

    乐队的主音歌手曾是一位艺术院校学生。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

  • ...the former home of Sir Christopher Wren.

    克里斯托弗·雷恩爵士的旧居《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • ...the former Yugoslavia.

    前南斯拉夫《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • ...the former Soviet Union.

    前苏联《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • ...former President Richard Nixon...

    前总统理查德·尼克松《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • ...a former monastery.

    昔日的修道院《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

  • with fellow Princetonian and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who had appeared on our program earlier, as co-chair of the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund.

    他和兼任普林斯顿校友及,前参议院多数派领袖比尔·弗斯特,他之前也曾经出现在我们节目上,共同担任,克林顿-布什海地基金会主席。国际座谈会课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课

  • the former Yugoslav republics

    旧时的南斯拉夫共和国

  • have not committed any crime." The country's former president, Thabo Mbeki,was known for the unaggressive way his government dealt with AIDS.

    VOA : special.2010.04.28

  • former Tory PM Margaret Thatcher, now a baroness

    前保守党首相玛格丽特·撒切尔,现为女男爵

  • a former Olympian sports medallist

    前奥运会奖牌获得者

  • You'll see this was written by a former student of ours.

    你将会看到我以前一个学生写的程序。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

  • Yesterday he had former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif deported after arriving in Pakistan.

    NPR: Ex-Premier's Return to Pakistan Ends Quickly

  • To drink from this river would allow the fallen angels to forget their fallen state, to forget the fact of their fallen-ness from their more blissful former condition.

    喝忘川之水让那些堕落天使,忘记他们的堕落的处境,忘记自己堕落这一现实,忘记自己是从幸福天堂堕落的事实。弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • This is also -I keep thinking how British we are; this is New England and this is the United States, a former British colony.

    这也是...,我常想,我们真的很"英国",这里称为新英格兰地区,而美国过去也是英国的殖民地金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • There's another sample which is in Russia, part of the former Soviet Union, where there are samples that were stored.

    另一个样本在俄罗斯,前苏联的一部分,那也有储存的样本生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • The former president's policy on the right to attack possible threats came after the terrorist attacks in two thousand one.

    VOA : special.2010.05.29

  • The former football star was accused of killing his ex-wife and a male friend of hers in Los Angeles.

    VOA : special.2011.06.06

  • The former Prime Minister of the UK, Tony Blair, tried to maintain a friendly relationship with America.

    英国前首相,托尼•布莱尔,曾努力维持与美国的友好关系。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 英国的首相们

  • The former Motorola engineer Marty Cooper, in fact, made the first-ever wireless phone call in 1973.

    FORBES: Just What Did Google Buy?

  • The former Marks and Spencer chairman says he started out selling pyjamas at the retail giant.

    BBC: Can you still go from burger flipper to president?

  • The case later grew to include over one and a half million women who were current and former Wal-Mart workers.

    VOA : special.2009.07.17

  • The Union military commander for Ohio was General Ambrose Burnside, a former commander of the Army of the Potomac.

    VOA : special.2009.10.22

  • The Bear Stearns group includes Gregory Hanley and Alan Mintz, former co-heads of the distressed-debt group.

    FORBES: Crunch Still On, Banks Stay Tight

  • The 26 year-old Kanoute was born in France and is a former French youth international.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | Mali confident on Kanoute

  • Swan Hotel is a 15th-century former coaching inn in Wells, in the shadow of the cathedral.

    BBC: Mini guide to dining in Somerset

  • So before I just leave the subject of immortality, let me conclude with some words of wisdom from a former Miss USA contestant.

    所以在结束永生这个话题之前,我就用,前美国小姐参赛者的箴言总结它吧。死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • She had been coached by a former Wimbledon champion.

    她得到过一位前温布尔登网球锦标赛冠军的指导。

  • Others are owned by private individuals and are often located on former cattle ranches.

    BBC: The future of conservation in Kenya

  • Other winners included Glee's Ryan Murphy TV comedy, The New Normal, and former president Bill Clinton.

    BBC: DiCaprio and Theron celebrate lawyer at Glaad awards

  • Opponents of the treaty included former President Cleveland, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, labor leader Samuel Gompers, writer Mark Twain,and others.

    VOA : special.2010.07.22

  • One is Dubna in the former Soviet Union in Russia, one is in Darmstadt in Germany and the third one is in the United States in Berkeley.

    一个是在杜布纳,位于前苏联的俄国,一个在德国的达姆施塔特,第三个是在美国的伯克利。固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

  • On the Democratic side, two names widely bandied about former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and Sen.

    NPR: End of the Road for Frist; What Next for Hastert?

  • New Jersey, meanwhile, recently announced a program to help former traders earn their teaching credentials.

    FORBES: Life After Wall Street

  • My stepfather was a former priest, one of the early black men ordained to the priesthood in the United States.

    我的继父原先是一名牧师,是美国早期参与到,牧师事业中的黑人之一。人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课

  • My home country is Croatia. I was born in and raised in what used to be the former Yugoslavia,

    我是克罗地亚人。我生长在从前的南斯拉夫。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 第二外语,英语

  • Mr Mellor, a former colleague of Baroness Thatcher's told BBC London the posters were "totally inoffensive".

    BBC: Margaret Thatcher art posters banned from Tube

  • Meanwhile former West Indies cricketer Colin Croft and BBC pundit has said he sympathises with Gayle.

    BBC: Strauss hits back over Gayle row

  • Maybe you could be talking with another friend, who's very sad that the former friend is getting married.

    可能你在和另一个朋友聊天,他对刚才那个朋友结婚的事感到难过。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : When 课堂

  • Marx, the son of a former Harvard statistics professor, grew up in Cambridge, Mass.

    FORBES: The Profit Givers

  • Lanworth has begun expanding its analysis to croplands in South America, India and the former Soviet Union.

    FORBES: Sky High Tips For Crop Traders

  • John McCain, R-Ariz. and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during the GOP primaries, as well as, then-Sen.

    CNN: CNN Profiles - John Berman - Co-Anchor

  • John Glenn, the former astronaut who was then a senator from Ohio, put it this way: "I know the Great Lakes.

    VOA : special.2009.01.05

  • Ivanka, a former model, is the spotlight-loving Ms. Outside, and her brother is the detail-obsessed Mr. Inside.

    FORBES: The Real Apprentices

  • It includes both Liberty Island, where the statue stands, and nearby Ellis Island, the former federal immigration processing center.

    VOA : special.2009.06.29

  • It carried the man who became the first human to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, a former X-15 pilot.

    VOA : special.2010.07.07

  • Israel's former ambassador to the U.S. says his countrymen just noticed stakes are so high.

    NPR: Will Democrats Change U.S. Policy on Israel?

  • Iran's Guardian Council also approved the candidacy of President Ahmadinejad and Mohsen Rezai, former head of the Revolutionary Guards.

    VOA : special.2009.05.23

  • In our first class, we had the former chief social worker inspector for the entire country of Scotland within the class.

    在第一班里,学生中有来自苏格兰的,全国前社工总监。幸福课课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

  • His secret weapon at Nextlink is its chairman, Daniel Akerson, the former president of MCI.

    FORBES: "We're On A Collision Course"

  • He has already appointed former Labour Culture Secretary James Purnell as director of strategy and digital.

    BBC: director general Tony Hall 'confident' about future

  • He called Charles River Ventures partner Jonathan Guerster, a former colleague at Open Market.

    FORBES: Survivor

  • Ginzburg was the former head of the theory group at the PN Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow.

    BBC: Magnet repelled over superconductor, SPL

  • Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

    VOA : special.2010.07.22

  • Former New Zealand international Meli had been tipped to follow departing Saints coach Mick Potter to Bradford.

    BBC: St Helens trio sign new contracts

  • Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer said he disagreed with Desmond Tutu and Sir Geoffrey.

    BBC: Desmond Tutu calls for Blair and Bush to be tried over Iraq

  • Former Leinster fly-half Contepomi missed with a penalty attempt in the final minute of the half.

    BBC: Munster 45-18 Toulon

  • Former Bush aide and CNN political commentator Ana Navarro spoke highly of the move.

    CNN: 's Republican debate: Winners and losers - CNNPolitics.com

  • For former colonies, it is the most important global organisation that the United States does not dominate.

    ECONOMIST: What’s the Commonwealth for? | The

  • Counterfeit medications are also a problem in the Middle East and in many countries of the former Soviet Union.

    VOA : special.2010.02.22

  • By marrying a former servant, James was held to have blotted the family's honour.

    詹姆斯跟一个前佣人结婚,被认为玷污了家族荣誉。

  • But yesterday, the former president said he's ready to campaign for Obama and confident in the nominee.

    NPR: Obama, McCain Speak At Community Service Forum

  • Business tycoon Ratan Tata and a former chief justice of India are serving, too.

    FORBES: Delhi's Subway Builder

  • Brazil's former President Lula is one of the most famous politicians in the world.

    巴西前总统卢拉是世界上最著名的政治家之一。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 关于巴西

  • Banker and former Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov praised Kozlov for his dedication and spotless reputation.

    NPR: Killing of Top Banker Rocks Official Moscow

  • And, of course,now for the rest of his life, he must just go about as a kind of a beggar, having been this former tremendously great king.

    当初至高无上的明君,在他的余生中,只能乞讨度日古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • And not everyone believes that the former Governor of Massachusetts is quite so conservative as he now seems.

    并不是所有人都相信,前马萨诸塞州州长,会像他看上去那样,是个保守派博弈论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • And Morgan Freeman is nominated for his role as former South African president Nelson Mandela in the film "Invictus."

    VOA : special.2010.03.01

  • An old crony and former colleague of mine was taking a course at Johns Hopkins in the 1960s.

    我的一个老朋友也是我的大学同学,二十世纪六十年代的时候在约翰斯,霍普金斯大学上学。文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

  • ' To demonstrate the point Vincente, a former dancer, executes a series of improbably graceful high kicks.

    BBC: The three colours of Ibiza

  • "As a former prosecutor, commercial litigator, district court judge and appellate judge, she certainly brings a wealth of unique experience."

    VOA : special.2009.07.18

词典短语
习语
    adj.
  • be a shadow/ghost of your former self

    失去昔日的力量(或影响等);威风不再;不如当年

    to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have

同近义词
同义词辨析
previous foregoing former preceding prior 【导航词义:先前的】

previous adj. 先前的,以前的

〔辨析〕 指在当下所提及的事件、时间等之前发生或存在的,通常作定语。

    〔举例〕
  • 例1:She has a child from a previous marriage.

    她前一次婚姻有一个孩子。

  • 例2:He discovered that he had met his new colleague before on three previous occasions.

    他发现他以前见过他的新同事3次。

foregoing adj. [正式] 前述的

〔辨析〕 指事物在讲述、文章等中刚刚提到的,常作定语。

    〔举例〕
  • 例1:the foregoing examples

    上述例证

  • 例2:The foregoing conclusion is based on the following data.

    上述结论是根据以下数据得出的。

former adj. 以前的,从前的

〔辨析〕 指曾有过某种职务或地位的,也可指发生或存在于过去的。

    〔举例〕
  • 例1:He has a great interest in books about the former president.

    他对和那位前总统有关的书十分感兴趣。

  • 例2:His income has been reduced to half its former amount due to the economic depression.

    由于经济萧条,他的收入已减少到以前的一半。

preceding adj. [正式] 在前的,前面的

〔辨析〕 指在所提时间、地点或部分之前发生或出现的。

    〔举例〕
  • 例1:The examples in the preceding chapter are used again later.

    上一章的例子后面又再次被使用。

  • 例2:Their plan of seeing a movie together on Friday failed because they had a quarrel on the preceding day.

    他们周五一起看电影的计划泡汤了,因为他们在前一天吵了一架。

prior adj. 在前的,较早的

〔辨析〕 较正式用词,多指先于另一事物或某一时间前存在或安排的。

    〔举例〕
  • 例1:The discussion requires prior knowledge of the subject.

    本次讨论要求事先了解该主题的相关知识。

  • 例2:No employee can be recruited without the prior approval of the manager.

    事先未征得经理的同意不可以招收任何员工。

同根词
adj.

formative 形成的;造型的;格式化的

formalized 形式化的;正式的

formless 没有形状的;无定形的;形体不明的

adv.

formally 正式地;形式上

formerly 以前;原来

n.

form 形式,形状;形态,外形;方式;表格

formative 构词要素

formalism 形式主义;形式体系

formalization 形式化;礼仪化

v.

formalized 使正式;使有效(formalize的过去分词);使定形;拘泥于形式

vi.

form 形成,构成;排列

formalize 拘泥于形式

vt.

form 构成,组成;排列,组织;产生,塑造

formalize 使形式化;使正式;拘泥礼仪

最近更新

fellatio n. 口交;吮吸阴茎。

especially adv. 尤其,特别;专门,特地;在很大程度上,非常

concur v. 同意,赞同;(事件)同时发生

intellectual adj. 智力的,理智的;才智超群的;需智力的;思想的,思维的n. 知识分子

blundering adj. 浮躁的;粗笨的;粗心的;愚蠢的v. 犯大错;笨手笨脚;摸索(blund

unique adj. 独一无二的,独特的;非常特别的,极不寻常的;(某人、地或事物)独具的,

membrane potential 膜电位:细胞包围膜两侧的电位差异。

already adv. 已经,早已;<美,非正式>马上,够了(用于表达不耐烦或气恼)

rotate v. (使)旋转,(使)转动;(人员)轮换,轮值;轮种,轮作;定期调换地点(或位

source n. 来源,出处;(问题的)原因,根源;消息人士,信息来源;河流源头,发源地;源

channel n. 频道,电视频道;管道,通道,航道;渠道,手段;沟渠,沟槽;河床;海峡;信道

plasma n. 血浆;等离子(气)体;原浆,原生质;深绿玉髓;等离子显示屏;等离子电视机

professional adj. 职业的,专业的;非常内行的,极为称职的;(人)职业性的,非业余的;由职

eventually adv. 最终,结果

during prep. 在……期间;在……期间的某个时候【名】 (During)(英、美、瑞