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英式：[ˈfɔ:mə(r)]
美式：[ˈfɔ:mə(r)]
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former单词基本解析：
adj.前任的; 以前的; 前者的adj.前者的, 前任的, 以前的 n.创造者, <英>学校某一年级的学生
adj.以前的，从前的；在前的；前任的；
former变化用词：
副词: formatively |
复数：formers
former英英释义：
Noun1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two;
"Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
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
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)
former中文词源：
former 先前的 来自古英语forma的比较级，来自PIE*pre-mo, 最早的，*pre-, 在先，词源同far, *mo, 最高级后缀，词源同intimate, ultimate. 该词实际上是最高级的比较级。比较foremost.former用法和例句：
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。
the former world champion
前世界冠军
my former boss/colleague/wife
过去的老板 / 同事；前妻
The former option would be much more sensible.
前一种选择要明智得多。
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。
the countries of the former Soviet Union
前苏联加盟共和国
in former times
从前
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
...the former Soviet Union.
前苏联
...the former Yugoslavia.
前南斯拉夫
...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
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。
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。
Her teemed with ideas.
她脑子里主意多.
She is very virulent about her former employer.
她对她过去的老板恨之入骨.
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Of the two the latter is better than the former.
二者中后者比前者好.
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He duplicated his former mistakes.
他又犯了和以前一样的错误.
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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.
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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.
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The robins occupied their former nest.
那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝.
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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.
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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。
Faith Daniels, the distaff anchor of the "CBS Early Morning News, " was ready to jump ship last week, following in the footsteps of her former sidekick, Forrest Sawyer, who skipped town last September.
“哥伦比亚广播公司早晨新闻”女主播丹尼尔斯，上周已决定跟随她的以前助手索耶(九月已离纽约)的脚步辞职。
Prisoner to a former slave and his pitiful allies.
一个前奴隶和他的可怜同盟者的囚犯。
A former model wrote a hilarious novel based on pillow talk with her many male friends.
一位前模特儿以她同许多男友的枕头谈话为基础写出了一本有趣的小说。
A former drug addict who has come a long way.
一位过去很长一段时间吸毒的瘾君子
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: and the former things are passed away.
上帝将会擦去他们眼中的所有泪水; 不再会有死亡，不再会有悲伤和哭泣，也不再会有任何痛苦，过去的一切将永远消失。
Hanging out with a former boyfriend.
与以前的一位男朋友约会
A former monetary unit of East Germany worth 100 pfennigs.
东德马克德意志民主共和国使用的货币单位，等于100芬尼。
His colleagues and former students compiled and published his essays in honor of his thirty years' service with the university.
为了对他在这所大学工作了30年表示敬意，他的同事和过去的学生汇编并出版了他的论文。
Why was the former sheriff in my house?
为什么前警长会出现在我房子里?
The argument spoilt their former unity.
争论损害了他们以往的团结。
A former British colony and protectorate of southern Arabia, part of Southern Yemen(now Yemen) since 1967.
亚丁以前为英国的殖民地及阿拉伯半岛南部的一个保护国，1967年以后是南也门(现也门)的一部分。
Aden is a former British protectorate.
亚丁以前是英国的保护领地。
Man differs from beasts in that the former is able to laugh, while the latter aren't.
人不同于野兽，因前者能笑，而后者却不能。
I ran into a former friend of mine today.
今天我遇到了旧日的朋友。
In former times criminals were often branded.
从前,罪犯常打有烙印。
The former Russian satellites now turn to the West for help.
从前俄国的卫星国现在转向西方要求援助。
In former times, prisoners' heads were impaled on pointed stakes.
从前的人把监犯的头钉在尖桩上。
Former rulers kept the people under.
从前的统治者们总是压迫人民。
In former times the British army kept lots of soldiers at Fort William in Scotland.
从前英国陆军经常把大批士兵派驻在苏格兰的威廉堡。
In former days there was a race course here.
从前这儿有个赛马场。
In former times,bricks were baked in the sun.
从前，砖是在太阳下晒干的。
He looks healthier in contrast to his former self.
他与以前相比，显得更健康些。
He still holds to his former views.
他仍然坚持过去的看法。
His former friends are moving away from him with surprising speed.
他从前的朋友正以令人吃惊的速度离开他。
His former employer recommends him warmly.
他从前的雇主热心地推荐他。
He was a former divinity student.
他以前是一个神学院的学生。
Many of his former supporters voted against him.
他以前的许多支持者投票反对他。
Their former enemy is arming again.
他们从前的敌人正在重整军备。
One is a former opposition MP and mayor in Guyana.
他们其中一员是前反对党议员，也是圭亚那的一位市长。
They supported Japan's taking over of all the former German interests in Shandong Province.
他们支持日本接管德国以前在山东省的所有权益。
He brought about reconciliation between former enemies.
他使旧时的仇敌和解了。
All his former friends turned against him.
他原来的朋友都和他反目了。
He duplicated his former mistakes.
他又犯了和以前一样的错误。
He is ashamed for his former dishonorable action.
他对他以前不光彩的行为感到羞愧。
He had renounced his former associates.
他已经宣布与过去的伙伴拆伙。
He has retreated to his former reserve.
他已经恢复了他早先含蓄的态度。
He longed to vent on George all the spite he felt against his former associates.
他很想把自己对过去同事的怨恨发泄在乔治身上。
He tried to fix his affection upon a former classmate but failed.
他想同一位老同学谈恋爱，但失败了。
It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague.
他批评以前的同事，并非出於气愤而是为他惋惜。
He was a former electronics engineer .
他是一位原电子工程师。
He is a pentathlete of former Soviet Union.
他是前苏联的现代五项运动员。
Does he have references from former employers?
他有以前的雇主写的证明吗?
He has a good reference from his former employer.
他有以前老板提供的一分很好的推荐书。
He is looking for work here because his wife was relocated in this city, and so he had to give up his former job.
他正在这儿找工作，因为他的妻子调到这个城市来了。他只好放弃从前的工作。
He is now out of all conceit with his former self.
他现在全盘否定了他原来的自己。
He is too proud now to be seen with his former friends.
他现在忘乎所以了，觉得跟以前的朋友在一起有失他的脸面。
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。
He distanced himself from his former wife.
他疏远了他的前妻。
He is blackmailed by his former secretary.
他的前秘书对他进行敲诈。
He looks just like his former self.
他看上去和以往一样。
He went on to his former residence.
他继续向他从前的住所走去。
He was dismissed,but was later reinstated in his former job.
他被开除，但后来又恢复了原来的工作。
He find it very demean to have to work for his former employee.
他觉得要为他以前的雇员工作很失身分。
He thought he might be offered the post on the strength of his father's former association with the firm.
他认为靠他父亲跟该公司的老关系，可能会把这个职位给他。
He was a wreck of his former self.
他身体坏得不成样子，已兴从前判若两人。
He turned against his former friends.
他转而与以前的朋友作对。
His former allies ran out on him.
他过去的盟友不支持他了。
The former colonial possessions are now independent states.
以前的许多殖民地现已成为独立的国家。
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI; Uncle Sam wants you.
你以前的邻居被美国联邦调查局通缉；逃犯正被通缉。
Do you keep in touch with your former classmates?
你和以前的同学有联系吗?
How did you get in touch with your former teacher?
你是如何同你以前的老师联系上的?
Your former boyfriends are pressing you doorbell.
你的前男友在家门前按门铃。
A former town of north-central Hungary on the left bank of the Danube River. Since 1873 it has been part of Budapest.
佩斯匈牙利中北部旧时的一个城镇，位于多瑙河左岸。从1873年以来一直是布达佩斯的一部分。
Dr.Kraemer,a former lawyer,was also a private.
克雷默博士以前当过律师，那时也只是个士兵。
The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.
公司前经理怨叹命运对他太残酷。
Gwendolyn Hatcher, former inspector general of the city Department of Cultural Affairs, told a federal jury that an outraged Myerson stormed into her office with three of her top aides in tow.
前[纽约]市文化局调查主任哈彻告诉联邦陪审团说：怒气冲冲的迈尔森带领着她的三个高级幕僚闯入她的办公室。
The former option favours the married man.
前一种选择对已婚男子有利。
The former option would be much more sensible.
前一种选择要明智得多。
The former president addressed a large assembly.
前总统向众多的与会者讲了话。
In an exclusive interview with David Frost, the former president make many revelation.
前总裁在接受戴维·弗罗斯特独家采访时透露了不少内幕情况。
The former Nazi was denaturalized.
前纳粹党被开除国籍了。
The former wins readers in new territory.
前者在新的国度里赢得了读者。
The former held a light in his hand.
前者手里拿着一个亮。
The former is a painter and the latter is a composer.
前者是一名画家，而后者是一名作曲家。
She took great comfort from the former.
前者给她带来极大安慰。
Former FBI Director William Webster will head it.
前联邦调查局局长william Webster 将负责此事。
The former worthies have left us a rich cultural heritage.
前贤给我们留下了丰富的文化遗产。
A historical region and former duchy of north-central Germany around which the kingdom of Prussia developed. The region is now divided between Poland and Germany.
勃兰登堡历史上的宗教领地和原公爵领地，位于德国中北部，普鲁士王国在其周围发展起来。该地区现被波兰和德国分占
One act like this cannot blot out his former transgressions.
单单这样一个行动并不能抵消他以往的过失。
用作形容词(adj.)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。
Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain.
希思先生是英国前任首相。
I paid a visit to my former English teacher.
我拜访了我以前的英语老师。
Many of his former supporters voted against him.
他以前的许多支持者投票反对他。
a former of ideas
想出主意者
He is a fifth former.
他是五年级生。