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单词 erstwhile
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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) 
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

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