| 单词 | the former |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe former 2. With reference to order. the former (often absol., with ellipsis of the noun): extracted from formeradj. a. The first of two. †Also, the (immediately) preceding; and occasionally in connection with a cardinal numeral = first adj. 3b. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > preceding in order > first in order > of two farther1534 firster1571 former1588 foremore1801 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. H iij In ye ȝere besydes ye 52 owkes yair is ane day ode, quhilk makis ye dominical lettre to be changeit euerie ȝere in the formair. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Kings Comm. In the seventene former chapters, are recorded [etc.]..The other eight chapters conteine other thinges donne in Juda. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Mark iii. 4 The former part of this Chapter reports to us a miraculous Cure. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 148 Of dissyllables, formed by affixing a termination, the former syllable is commonly accented. b. The first mentioned of two; opposed to latter.A use apparently of late introduction, but now so prominent that the other uses have become restricted to contexts in which the word could not be misinterpreted in this sense. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > commenting or mentioning > former or latter latterc1225 former1597 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. iv. 9 Of the former kinde are all manner vertuous duties. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 80 Wisedome and Fortune combatting together, If that the former dare but what it can, No chance may shake it. View more context for this quotation 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 84 Two doors, one, a foredoor, and the other, a backward; the former bigger and more ordinarily used, the latter less. 1717 A. Pope Wks. Pref. A bad Author deserves better usage than a bad Critic; a man may be the former merely thro' the misfortune of an ill judgment, but [etc.]. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvii. §6 The latter mode is not less certain than the former. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 76 Therefore, in this work, I call the former ‘a piece of gold’, and the latter ‘a piece of silver’. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 180 The former locality..has for many years been a favourite collecting-ground of geologists. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > commenting or mentioning > aforementioned foresaidc1000 beforesaida1250 before-nameda1325 said1327 same1338 abovesaid1389 aforesaid1389 said1397 foretolda1400 above-written1413 y-aforsayde1422 rememberedc1425 toforesaid1444 aforenamedc1460 fore-mindeda1475 forenamed1490 forn-said1509 prenominatea1513 above?1515 above-named1525 premised?c1525 before-mentioned1534 aforementioned1539 predicted1546 prenominated1547 above-mentioned1550 before-told1556 above-cited1575 forementioned1587 supranominated1599 before-delivered1606 former1607 prementioned1620 precited1638 before-noticed1703 oversaid1840 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 18 She presently threwe downe herselfe from the former rocke, and so she ended. < as lemmas |
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