former
英 ['fɔːmə]
美['fɔrmɚ]
	    - adj. 从前的,前者的;前任的
 - n. 模型,样板;起形成作用的人
 - n. (Former)人名;(法)福尔梅;(德、捷)福尔默
 
实用场景例句
- 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
- the former world champion
 - 前世界冠军
 
牛津词典
- my former boss/colleague/wife
 - 过去的老板 / 同事;前妻
 
牛津词典
- The former option would be much more sensible.
 - 前一种选择要明智得多。
 
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
- the countries of the former Soviet Union
 - 前苏联加盟共和国
 
牛津词典
- in former times
 - 从前
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
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
- ...the former Soviet Union.
 - 前苏联
 
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 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
- ...a former monastery.
 - 昔日的修道院
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Her teemed with ideas.
 - 她脑子里主意多.
 
期刊摘选
- 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》
- 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》
- 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》
- 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》
- 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》
- 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》
- 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》