former
英 [ˈfɔ:mə(r)] 美 [ˈfɔrmə(r)]

adj.

以前的，从前的；在前的；前任的；

n.

模型，样板；构成者，创造者；起形成作用的人；[无线]线圈架

变形

复数：formers

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]过去的,在前的,以前的 of an earlier period or time

英英释义

former[ 'fɔ:mə ]

• n.the first of two or the first mentioned of two

  "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

• adj.
  • 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"

  • belonging to some prior time

    "our former glory"

    同义词：erstwhile(a)oldonetime(a)quondam(a)sometime(a)

  • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

    "the former president"

    同义词：late(a)previous(a)

  • belonging to the distant past

    "former generations"

    同义词：early(a)other(a)

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• former capital故都
• former husband前夫
• former president前总统
• former wife前妻

词组短语

former president前任总统

former residence故居

former name曾用名

in former times从前

film former成膜剂，成膜物；薄膜生成元素；薄膜形成器

同近义词辨析

previous, preceding, former, foregoing, prior

这组词都有“在前的”的意思，其区别是：

previous指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。

preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。

former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。

foregoing指前所述的，是following的反义词。

prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.
   这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。
2. Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain.
   希思先生是英国前任首相。
3. I paid a visit to my former English teacher.
   我拜访了我以前的英语老师。
4. Many of his former supporters voted against him.
   他以前的许多支持者投票反对他。

用作名词(n.)

1. a former of ideas
   想出主意者
2. He is a fifth former.
   他是五年级生。

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