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

　

单词	erstwhile
释义	Trends of erstwhile View usage for: erstwhile (ɜːʳsthwaɪl) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is. [formal] Erstwhile workers may have become managers. He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's. Synonyms: former, old, late, previous More Synonyms of erstwhile erstwhile in British English (ˈɜːstˌwaɪl) adjective 1. former; one-time my erstwhile companions adverb 2. archaic long ago; formerly erstwhile in American English (ˈɜrstˌhwaɪl) adverb 1. Archaic some time ago; formerly adjective 2. of an earlier time; former my erstwhile friend Examples of 'erstwhile' in a sentence erstwhile That means they are comfortably working at home while their erstwhile colleagues are stuck on a bus. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Yet when asked about his erstwhile colleagues and former allies, he just could not help himself. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And the episode has left two erstwhile friends not speaking to each other. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Does he feel guilt for poaching the biggest prize from his erstwhile colleague? Times, Sunday Times (2010) For one of the joys of contemporary society is the sublime pleasure in being friends with erstwhile lovers. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He loved to reminisce and was only sorry that not more of his erstwhile rivals were around to share the memories. Times, Sunday Times (2015) His erstwhile friends had jumped ship. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Yet exes do not exist only in the minds of their erstwhile lovers, they also haunt their new partner too. Times, Sunday Times (2006) There are lessons here for all of us, not just his erstwhile friends on the Right. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Her message to her erstwhile friends is: 'I wannabe away. The Sun (2012) And, indeed, he did disappear from the view of erstwhile friends and patrons. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Still, it's hard to understand why some erstwhile close friends have stopped making contact at all. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In other languages erstwhile British English: erstwhile ADJECTIVE You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is. He ran away with an erstwhile friend of his wife's. American English: erstwhile Brazilian Portuguese: antigo Chinese: 过去的 European Spanish: antiguo French: ancien German: einstig Italian: di allora Japanese: かつての Korean: 이전의 European Portuguese: antigo Latin American Spanish: antiguo (adjective) in the sense of former Definition former He is suing his erstwhile friend and business partner. Synonyms former I learned from my former boss that it was fun to work. old He was keen to visit his old house. late my late husband previous They had brought their furniture from their previous house. once past My past life seems like a dream now. ex (informal) one-time a one-time officer in the Royal Navy sometime She was in her early thirties, a sometime actress, dancer and singer. bygone bygone generations quondam Additional synonyms in the sense of bygone Definition past bygone generations Synonyms past, former, previous, lost, forgotten, ancient, of old, one-time, departed, extinct, gone by, erstwhile, antiquated, of yore, olden, past recall, sunk in oblivion in the sense of late Definition having died recently my late husband Synonyms dead, deceased, departed (euphemistic), passed on, old, former, previous, preceding, defunct, L8 in the sense of old Definition former or previous He was keen to visit his old house. Synonyms former, earlier, past, previous, prior, one-time, erstwhile, late, quondam, whilom (archaic), ex- Nearby words of erstwhile erroneously error ersatz erstwhile erudite erudition erupt Synonyms of 'erstwhile' erstwhile Explore 'erstwhile' in the dictionary
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