Former
[ 'fɔrmɚ ]
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adj. 以前的，从前的;在前的;前任的;
n. 模型，样板;构成者，创造者;起形成作用的人;[无线]线圈架;
💡 词根助记
form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
📝 例句
He even accused his former civil servants of being like Dad's Army.
他甚至指责他以前手下的文职人员象“老爷兵”。
integrate former mental patients into society
将从前的精神病患融入社会中
an incidental meeting of a former teacher on a bus
在公共汽车上与过去一位老师的邂逅
The guide showed us the old home of former President Theodore Roosevelt.
导游带我们看了前总统西奥多·罗斯福的故居。
In former days there was a racecourse here.
从前这儿有个赛马场。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ form-形式,er-拼音“而”:以前的形式,而今已改变
※ former-以前的,reform-改革:中国以前的改革大多是失败的
※ for-为了,me-我,r-似“花”:以前的你为了追求经常送花给我
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
former
adj[attrib 作定语]
1 of an earlier period or time 以前的
the former world champion 前世界冠军
my former landlady 我以前的女房东
in former times 以前
She's back to her former self again, eg after an illness. 她又恢复了以前的样子（如病後）.
2 being the first mentioned of two things or people 前者的（两者中先提到的）
The former option favours the married man. 前一种选择对已婚男子有利.
3 (idm 习语) a shadow of one's/its former self => shadow.
🔁 扩展释义
*['fɒ:mә]a. 从前的, 前者的n. 起形成作用的人(或物), 模型, 样板【医】 成形器相关词组: the former
🏥 医学释义
成形器
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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How much do I owe you?
我应付你多少钱？
How long will ti take you to finish the work?
你要花多长时间才能完成那项工作？
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。