英语词汇“former”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

for·mer²

(fôrmər)

adj.

1. Relating to or taking place in the past: in former times.

2. Having been so in the past: a former ambassador; his former boss.

3. Being the first of two mentioned.

The first of two persons or things mentioned: "The army was pulling itself together, the government was coming apart. The success of the former was continually imperiled by the failure of the latter" (Garry Wills).

[Middle English, comparative of forme, first, from Old English forma; see per¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	former
释义	for·mer² (fôrmər) adj. 1. Relating to or taking place in the past: in former times. 2. Having been so in the past: a former ambassador; his former boss. 3. Being the first of two mentioned. n. The first of two persons or things mentioned: "The army was pulling itself together, the government was coming apart. The success of the former was continually imperiled by the failure of the latter" (Garry Wills). [Middle English, comparative of forme, first, from Old English forma; see per¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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